Final Exam prior to midterms Flashcards
What are the goals of primatology
- Understand behaviour of all species
- Model early human behaviour
- Conservation of endangered primates
What is the primatology the study of?
Study of behaviour, evolution, distribution and classification of non-human primate species
What are the infraorder(s) of the suborder stresirhini of primates?
- Lemuniformes
What are the suborders of primates?
- Strepsirhini
2. Haplorini
What are the infraorder(s) of the suborder haplohini of primates?
- Tarsiformes
- Platyrrhini (new world anthropods)
- Cartarrhini (old world anthropods)
The superfamily Lemuroidea belong to which infraorder and suborder of primates?
Infraorder: Lemuniformes
Suborder: strepsirhini
What supetfamilies are part of the infraorder Cartarrhini?
- Cercopthecoldea (old world monkeys)
2. Hominoidea (apes and humans)
The superfamily ceboidea belongs to which infraorder and suborder?
Infraorder: platyrrhini
Suborder: haplorhini
The infraorder Lemuniformes has which subfamilies?
- Lemuroidea (lemurs)
2. Lorisoidea (lorises)
What are the hallmarks or characteristics or traits of primates?
- Mammals
- Tree-dwelling (arboreal adaptation)
- Omnivorous
- Large complex brain relative to body size
- Vision replaces smell as primary sense
- Social
What adaptations have primates made to be tree dwelling?
- Rotating forelimbs
- Retention of clavicle
- Prehensile (grasping)
- Pentadactyly( 5 toes and fingers)
- Opposable thumb, nails, dermal ridges on grasping surfaces
- Plantigrade locomotion (palms)
What social behaviours do primates exhibit?
- Long infant dependency
- Learning period
- Play, imitation, grooming
What changes have evolved so that primate vision is its primary sense over smell?
- Smaller snout
- Loss of moist rhinarium
- Stereoscopic vision
- Most have color vision
Form an opinion for or against GAP ( great ape project)
Need to complete yourself with points to support an argument for or against in case you need to write a short essay on your exam
What are the differences between old world and new world primates?
New world (platyrrhine)
- flat nose
- Nostrils further apart and outward
Old world (cattarhine)
- hook nose
- nostrils closer together and point downward
- big sharp canine teeth with a gap between canines and incisors
- are larger in size
- more terrestrial
What is the goal of GAP
The great ape project (GAP) is an international movement started in 1994. Its main purpose is to guarantee the basic rights to life, freedom and non- torture of the non- human great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangatuns and bonobos)
Questions from slides - you need to find answer - What are the four major trends that differentiate hominids from hominids (describe in detail)
- Habitual bipedalism
Physical changes required for bipedalism - rotates foreman magnum, S lumbar curve and arch in foot, bowl- shaped pelvis and locking knee (knock kneed) and longer legs and a great toe in line - Dentition/ jaw changes
Facial projection decreases overall with reduce canine size and diastema. There is absence of canine honing complex and parabolic dental arcade. - Expanding, complex brain
The hominin brain capacity has increased through time but about 2mya the absolute and relative size of the brain increases - reasons? You will need to look this up notes just have reasons? With question mark after it - Tools and increasing cultural complexity
Earliest undisputed stone tools appear ca. 2.6 mya in Ethiopia. There were Oldowan stone tools and evidence for culture (teachers notes say advantages and who used them? But you have no notes to explain this)
Question from slide - What are the major genus groups of the early hominids
Notes just list superfamily
Lemuroidea (lemurs) Lorisoidea (lorises) Ceboidea (new world monkeys) Cercopithecoidea (old world monkeys) Hominoidea (apes and humans)
If she wants genus you will need to look this up
Question from slide - what are differences between robust and gracile species of authralopithecus
Later Australopithecus existed 3-1.5 mya they were divided into robust and gracile species based mostly on chewing
Robust line goes extinct
Should get more detail from your textbook I am guessing you missed this class as you have no notes that expand in teachers notes
Question from slides - Be able to identify what distinguishes genus homo from early hominins
Will need to find in notes
Earliest bipedal hominins were Australopiths e,g. Ardipithecus, Paranthropus and Australopithecus (7-1.5 mya)they had small cranial capacity, smaller canines and later around 3mya has slightly curved fingers and toes.
Early homo species appeared during 2.5-2mya and lived in Africa between 2.4 - 1.5 mya. Likely evolved from gracile australopiths and lived alongside robust australopiths - they had larger brains started by around 400-500 cm3
Highlighted question from slides - identify the tools and cultural behaviours associated with each homo species
What tools and cultural behaviours are associated with lower palaeolithic
At 2.6 - 1.5 mya there was the Oldowan stone took tradition
- associated with H. habilis
- percussion flaking, core and flaking technology
- choppers and scrapers
At 1.8 mya - 200,000 ya Acheulian stone tool
- associated with H. erectus
- soft hammer percussion
- bifacial handaxes , cleavers and scrapers
- culture - big game hunting and control of fire by 1.4 mya - they had campsites and Home based and cultural differences in Asia
Highlighted question from slides - identify the tools and cultural behaviours associated with each homo species
What tools and cultures are associated with Homo erectus
- 8 mya - 400,000 ya
- may have been the first to leave Africa
- little change for over 1 million years
- cranial capacity 1000 cm3
- pentagonal skull and smaller teeth
- endurance runners
- likely ancestor to sapiens through archaic Homo sapiens
- soft hammer percussion
- bifacial handaxes, cleavers and scrapers
Highlighted question from slides - identify the tools and cultural behaviours associated with each homo species
What tools and cultures are associated with Homo neandertalensis
230,000 - 27,000 ya
- were short and more robust with elongated skull and occipital bun (ave 1500cm3). There was some interbreeding between sapiens and Neanderthals outside of Africa.
- the mousterian stone tool culture was associated with H. neandertalnsus also used Levalloisian method of tools with tortoise shaped cores and produces standard size flakes
- the mousterian culture were of skilled hunters that killed bison, horses and deer. They used caves and rock shelters as homesites (cave man). There was evidence for ritual behaviours from burial sites
Highlighted question from slides - identify the tools and cultural behaviours associated with each homo species
What tools and cultures are associated with Homo sapiens
200,000 ya - now
- anatomically modern humans that have moved across the globe - cranial capacity around 1350cm3
During upper palaeolithic cultures (40,000 - 12.000 BP)
- blades are flakes that are at least 2:1 (length:width) with parallel sides
- pressure flaking
- had trade and diverse art (including cave art)