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Archeology

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Study of past societies

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Linguistics

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Speech

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Physical anthropology

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Study of human evolution and variation

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Cultural anthropology

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Looking at ways that humans have adapted

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Biological anthropology

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Study of human biological evolution and biolcultural variation

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Biolcultural approach

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Relationship between biology and culture

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Franz boas (1858-1942)

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Studied Inuits wanted to see their environment

Saw that the environment affected their bodies

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Charles Darwin

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1809-1882
Theory of evolution
Natural selection

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Paleontology

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Study of fossils

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Taxonomy

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Study of classification

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Demography

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Study of pop

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Evolutionary biology

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Study of org and their changes

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James Hutton (

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(1726- 1797)
Uniformitarianism
Scottish geo
Geological strata

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Charles Lyell

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(1795-1875)
Evidence of the antiquity of earth
Strata uniform
Geo

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Robert Hooke

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(1635-1703)

Determined that fossil wood was once alive

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George’s curvier

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(1769-1832)

Identified that diff fossils can be found in diff geo strata

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Carlous Linnaeus (1707-1778) 
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Naming system for all living organisms

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Thomas Malthus

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(1766- 1834)
English political economist
Pop limited by food supply

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Jean baptiste Lamarck

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(1744- 1829)

Proposed that an organism can pass on features that were required during its lifetime

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Alfred Russell Wallace

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(1823-1913)

Independently arrived at some conclusions as Darwin

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Gregor Mendel

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(1822-1884)
Mendelion inheritance 
Discrete units genes 
Diff versions:alleles 
Dominant and recessive
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Thomas hunt morgan

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(1866-1945)

Demonstrated that chromosomes carry genetic material in the form of genes

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1856

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Fossil hominid recovered in neander valley in Germany

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Piltdown hoax (1912)

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People were interested in their parts of the world

Found cranium but was a fake

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Homology

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Evolved from same ancestor

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Analogy

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Structurally diff used for same reason

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Mammalian features

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Hair 
Mammary glands
Middle ear
One lower jaw bone
Diphyodonty
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Hair

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When did we lose it? Dolphin doesn’t have it

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Mammary glands

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Produce milk

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3 middle ear ossicles

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Malleus, incus, stapes

Transfer vibrations to inner ear

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One lower jaw bone

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Mandible

Needed for mammals

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Diphyodonty

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Baby teeth and permanent set

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Medial

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Towards mid line

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Lateral

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Towards outside

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Proximal

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Higher up

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Distal

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Lower down

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Dentition

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Incisors, canine, pre molars, molars

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Prosimians

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Naplorhines

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Characteristics of prosimians

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Reliance on smell 
Big eyes
More primitive 
Eyes more lateral 
Most found in Africa, SE Asia
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Lemurs

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Madagascar
Diurnal and nocturnal
Mainly arboreal

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What is the size range for lemurs?

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From 10cm to 60cm

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What is the life span of lemurs?

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19 years

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DF for lemurs

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2133

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Lorises

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Found in India, Sri Lanka, SE Asia, and Africa
Nocturnal
Arboreal
Quadrupedalism

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Life span of lorises

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14 years

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DF of lorises

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2133

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Order primates suborder strepsirhini

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Wet nose

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Order primates

Suborder haplorhini

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Dry nose

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Tarsiers

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Found in SE Asia

Nocturnal insectivores

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DF of tarsiers

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2133/1133

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Tree shrew

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DF: 2133/3133

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Where are prosimians, old world monkeys, and apes found?

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SE Asia, Asia, and Africa and SE Asia

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What are primates?

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Arboreal mammals- connection to trees
Dietary plasticity- tend to eat pretty much anything
Parental investment- spend a lot of time so their young more so mother

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Enhanced touch

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Dermal ridges
Nails instead of claws
Made with same protein as us: keratin

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Enhanced vision

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Forward facing eyes

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Reduced smell

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Lemurs: utiilizes longer snout
Monkey: pushed in face eyes closer
Baboon: has a longer snout bc of the canines

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Diets and teeth

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Older monkeys apes and humans: DF 2123

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Nonhuman primates nonverbal cues

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Hand gestures 
Facial expression 
Grooming behaviour
Fights
Hugs
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Sociobiology

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Studying social behaviours of biology

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Harry Harlow experiments

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Nature vs nurture
Baby mackes were taken away from their mothers
Mackes went to softness
Infants grown up and could not connect to their children

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Altruism

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If your helping someone else out and your not getting anything from it

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Mutualism

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I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine

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Advantages in group living

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Living in a large group can be easier to defend each other

Predator can be spotted faster

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Cambel monkeys

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If they hear a warning call from a cambell money will pass on the exact sound
If they hear a different call from a different monkey will be passed on but will have a different ending to the vocalization

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Kanzi

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Bonobo
In his 30s
Was taught how to use lexigrams

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Koko

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Gorilla
Female in her 40s
After robin Williams died made her sad

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Wernickes area

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Temporal region comprehensive

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Broca’s area

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Frontal region mechanics of speaking

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Polygynous

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One male multi female
Male very large
Ex gorilla

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Polyandrous

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Fairly rare

Seen in new world monkeys

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Multi male multi female

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Idea of rank is important

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All male

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Juvenile males

Baboons, chimps

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One male one female

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Monogymous
Don’t see a lot of size variation
Gibbons

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Solitary

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Males and females only interact for reproductive purposes

Orangutan

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Infanticide

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Male wants access to female but she has baby so kills off the infant

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Good nutrition leads to

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Earlier first birth
Healthiest infants
Short interbirth interval
Longer life span

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3 factors for successful feeding

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Quality
Distribution
Seasonal availability

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Suborder haplorhini

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Indraorder antrhopoidea

Cranial sutures

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Sagittal suture

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Between parietal bone

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Coronal suture

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Between frontal and partial bones

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Squamocal suture

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Between parietal and temporal bone

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Metobic suture

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Right down middle

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Timing of fontanelle closure in modern humans

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  1. Posterior fontanelle: 2-3 months after birth
  2. Sphenoidal fontanelle: around 6m
  3. Mastoid fontanelle: 6-18 months
  4. Anterior fontanelle: 1-3 yrs
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Pterion landmark

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Right in the middle of the H of sutures (in front of temporal bones)

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Carotid canal

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Inferior (bottom) cranium

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Nuchal crest

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Neck
Region of attachment for neck muscles
On occipital bone

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Optic canal

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Hole in optic

Perhaps size difference connected to better vision

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Super orbital foramen

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Above orbit

Notch

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Supraorbital torus

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Brow ridge

Projects

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Anthropoids

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Larger brain 
Larger body size 
Increased use of vision 
Flat faces 
Longer gestation and maturation periods
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Larger brain

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Difference in connectivity

Difference in length of time this develops

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Larger body size

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Usually anthropoids over 1kg

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Flat faces

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Less of a need for smelling

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Infra order anthropoidea

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Parvorder platyrrhini

Parvorder catarrhini

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Parvorder platyrrhini

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New world monkeys

Broad noses with nostrils outward

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Parvorder catarrhini

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Old world monkeys
Apes humans
Narrow noses nostrils down

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Platyrrhines

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New world primates
2113 DF
Some have prehensile tails (used their tails quite a bit to get around)

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Superfamily ceboidea

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Cebidae (marmoset, squirrel monkey, capuchin)

Atelidae (woolly monkey)

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Capuchins

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Range in size
Quadrupedal
1 offspring
2133/2133 DF

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Marmoset

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Primitive
Claws
Mostly insectivorous
Males involved in care of offspring

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Lemur classification

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Order primates
Suborder strepsirhini
Infra order lemuroidea
Genus species lemur catta

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Classification of tarsier

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Order primates
Suborder haplorhini
Infra order tarsiiformes
Genus species: tarsius spectrum

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Loris classification

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Order primates 
Suborder strepsirhini 
Infra order lemuriformes
Superfamily lorisoidea
Genus loris sp
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Tree shrew classification

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Order Scandentia
Family tupaiidae
Genus species tupaia glis

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Superfamily cercopithecpidea

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Widely distributed
Arboreal/terrestrial
Tougher skin on their butt

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What is ischial callosities

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Tougher skin on butt use to sit when their acquiring food

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DF of superfamily cercopithecoidea

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2 subfamilies of superfamily cercopithecoidea

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Cercopithecinae

Colobinae

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Cercopithecines

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Mixed habitat 
More fruit in diet 
Provide model for behaviour of earliest hominins 
Sexual dimorphism 
Baboons, Macaques
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Colobines

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Arboreal
Leaf eating
African colobus, proboscis monkey

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Homonoid classification

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Order primates 
Suborder haplorhini 
Infra order anthropoidea 
Parvorder catarrhini 
Superfamily hominodea
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Infra orbital foramina

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On maxilla (what we saw in lab on face)

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Sagittal crest

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On top of head

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Simian shelf

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Apes teeth erupt a lot sooner so they have this extra bone

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2 families of hominoidea

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Family hylobatidae lesser apes- gibbons

Family hominidae- great apes and humans

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Homonoids traits

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Large bodied
Large brained
Broad faces
Tailless

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Gibbons

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Family hylobatidae
SE Asia
Brachiators
Monogamous

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Orangutans

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Found in Borneo and sumatra
Solitary
Diet consists of fruit sexual dimorphism

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Orangutan classification

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Order primates 
Suborder haplorhini 
Infra order anthropoidea 
Parvorder catarrhini
Superfamily hominoidea 
Family hominidae 
Subfamily ponginal 
genus sp pongo pygmaeus
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Gorilla

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Africa, mountain areas of Uganda
Knuckle walking
Sexual dimorphism

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Gorilla classification

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Order primates 
Suborder haplorhini 
Infra order anthropoidea 
Parvoder cattarhines 
Superfamily hominoidea
Family hominidae 
Subfamily gorillae 
Genus sp gorilla gorilla
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Tribe panini chimpanzees

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Africa
Arboreal and terrestrial
Highly excitable

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Tribe panini chimps classification

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Order primates 
Suborder cattarhini 
Infra order anthropoidea 
Parvorder cattarhini 
Superfamily hominoidea 
Family hominidae 
Subfamily hominidae 
Genus sp pan troglodytes
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Bonobos

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Republic of Congo

More arboreal

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Bonobos classification

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Order primates 
Suborder haplorhini 
Infra order anthropoidea 
Parvorder catarrhini 
Superfamily hominoidea 
Family hominoidea 
Superfamily hominoidea 
Genus sp pan paniscus
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Thomas Huxley

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1863
Evidence as to mans place in nature
Looked at Skeleton

127
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The march of progress

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1965 illustration

Wouldn’t be hunched over if we were bipedal

128
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Darwins 4 key differences between apes

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Quad vs bipedal
Large canines vs small canines
No tool use vs tool use
Brain size

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Genetic drift

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Notice small difference in small pop vs bigger ones

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Microevoltuion

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Have evidence of evolution within 1 generation

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Marcoevolution

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Evidence of evolution through time

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