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Primatology

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Study of non-human primates

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Homologies

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Similarities of organisms from common ancestry

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Analogies

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Convergent evolution

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Strepsirhini

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(Prosimians) Lemurs and Lorises

Nocturnal, no color vision, ALL ENDANGERED

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Haplorhini

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(Anthropoid) tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans

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Platyrrhines

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(New World Monkeys) small, arboreal, prehensile tail, quadrupeds

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Catarrhines

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(Old World Monkeys)

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Colobines and Cercopithecines

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downward facing nostrils, ischial callosities, double-ridged molars, most are terrestrial, non-prehensile tails, sexual dimorphism

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Hominoidea

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Apes and Humans

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Gibbons and Siamangs

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Sexual dimorphism, solitary, monogamous, nuclear families, brachiation, fruit eaters, mated pairs/sings

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Orangutans

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Vegetarians, arboreal, sexual dimorphism, less social, polyandrous (females have multiple mates)

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Gorillas (lowland and mountain)

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Vegetarians, sexual dimorphism, knuckle walkers, polygynous families, inclusive fitness (silverbacks will die defending the group) ENDANGERED

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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes- common & Pan paniscus- bonobos)

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Knuckle walkers, nest in trees, less sexually dimorphic, omnivorous, polygynous, mate only during estrus cycle

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Sociality

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Hallmark of nearly all the haplorhine primates and a fundamental behavioral adaptation

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Proximate Causes

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Hormonal or physiological reason to act

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Reasons for sociality

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Access to mates, food, predator avoidance

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Behavioral Ecology

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Studies the evolutionary basis of social behavior

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Taphonomy

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The study of what happens to the remains of an animal from the time of its death to the time of its discovery

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Trace fossils

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Tracks of an animal

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Coprolites

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Fossilized feces

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Era

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Largest division of geologic time

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Period

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Divisions of eras

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Epoch

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Divisions of periods

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Relative Dating

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Tells us how old something is in spatial relation to something else

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Provenience

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A fossil location

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Lithostratigraphy

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Using rock layer characters to correlate across regions

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Tephrostratigraphy

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Using volcanic ash by chemical fingerprints to correlate across regions

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Biostratigraphy

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Draws on the first appearance of an organism in the fossil record, that organisms evolutionary development over time and the organisms extinction to correlate across regions

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Radiocarbon Dating

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Uses the amount of carbon 14 available in living creatures to determine the time of death by counting half lives (5,730 years)

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Potassium-Argon Dating

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Dates volcanic materials by measuring radioactive emissions (1.3 billion years)

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Fission Track Dating

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Micrometer-sized damage tracks are created in minerals and glasses that have minimal amounts uranium. These tracks accumulate at a fixed rate.

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Cenozoic Era

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65 MYA
Rise of Mammals
Most land masses are tropical or subtropical, mammals replaced reptiles as dominant land animal class, flowering plants become more common which leads to more insects

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Paleocene Epoch

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65 MYA

Primate-like mammals

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Eocene Epoch

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54 MYA

Prosimians

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Oligocene Epoch

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38 MYA

Anthropoids & Monkeys

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Miocene Epoch

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23 MYA

Apes

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Pliocene Epoch

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5 MYA

hominids

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Pleistocene Epoch

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2 MYA

Ice Age

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Holocene Epoch

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Visual Predation Theory

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Binocular vision, grasping and reduced claws developed because they allowed for capture of insects.

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Teilhardina asiatica

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(55 MYA) found in China, skull with small eyes, active during day, developed enough to suggest earlier ancestor

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Purgatorius

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A euprimate, less specialized teeth, small eyes indicating active during day, prognathic face less pronounced

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Adapid family

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Probable ancestor of strepsirhines. Small eye sockets, slow moving quadruped, eats fruits down leaves, no dental comb

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Omomyid Family

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May contain the common ancestor for tarsiers and anthropoids, diverse, ate insects and fruit, quadrupeds and leapers

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Darwinus masillae

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(47 MYA) discovered in 2009, 95% complete skeleton, adapid with no grooming claws or dental comb

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Early Anthropoids

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(55-45 MYA) most numerous, lived in trees, ate fruits and seeds, fewer teeth, smaller snout, forward eyes and larger brain

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Parapithecidae

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Ancestral to New World Monkeys, three premolars in each quadrant

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Oligopithecidae

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Earliest known with fused frontal bone and post orbital closure, three premolars

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Propliopithecidae

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Ancestors of Catarrhines

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Aegyptopithecus

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Famous ancestor, same tooth pattern as old world monkeys, transitional creature (Anthropoid into Hominoid) small brain and body, looks like link between Monkeys and Apes

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Oligocene Catarrhines

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(38-23 MYA) Old World Monkeys, Apes and Humans

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Victoriapithecus

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One of the first to become terrestrial, longer/lower skull, sagittal crest

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Early Miocene Hominoidea

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Preconsul~> most abundant and successful anthropoids of early Miocene.
Includes three species: P. africanus, P. nyanzae, P. major
Teeth similar to living apes, but below neck more like monkeys

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Morotopithecus

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(20.6 MYA) possible last common ancestor of Great Apes & Humans, short-stiff back of living apes and suspensory shoulder anatomy unlike monkeys

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Middle Miocene Hominoidea

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(17 MYA) spread widely through Europe, Africa, Asia but diversity declined.
Afropithecus, Kenyapithecus, Equatorius in Africa
Sivapithecus in Asia

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Sivapithecus

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(13 MYA) Brachiation, facial and dental similarities to Orangutans, may be ancestral

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Gigantipithecus

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(~400 KYA) 9 ft tall, 660 lbs, all fossils are of teeth and jaw, ate bamboo, coexisted with Homo erectus in Asia

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Oreopithecus

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Probable ancestor of gibbons and siamangs, partial upright walking capability, on hominin line but unique

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Pryopithecus

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(12-8 MYA) Europe, anatomy that is like primitive Preconsul and gibbons, one nearly complete skeleton and many teeth, jaws and an upper arm bone

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Sahelanthropus tchadensis

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(7-6 MYA) earliest evidence of upright walking, discovered in 2001 in Chad, ape-like brain, sloping face, prominent brow ridge, elongated skull, small canine teeth, spinal cord opening at base of skull

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Orrorin tugenensis

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(6 MYA) central Kenya, discovered in 2001. Femur shows muscle attachments for walking upright.

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Ardipithecus kadabba

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(5.8-5.5 MYA) discovered in 1997, ancestor of australopithecines. Ape-like in size, anatomy and habitat. Direct evidence of upright walking.

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Australopithecines anamensis

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(4.2-3.9 MYA) first discovered in Kenya in 1994, bipedal, shin shows expanded area for support, human-like ankle joint, long forarms and wrist features indicate climbing

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Australopithecines afarensis

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(3.9-2.9 MYA) Discovered in Afar, Ethiopia in 1974. “Lucy”, large jaws and teeth, bipedal, sexually dimorphic, ape-like face with small canines
Laetoli Footprints

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Australopithecines africanus

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(3-2.5 MYA) rounder cranium with larger brain, smaller teeth, long arms, sloping face. Discovered at Olduvai Gorge.
“Taung Child” - discovered in 1924, small skull, bipedal, 3 years old at death

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Paranthropus aethiopicus

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(2.7 MYA) defined by black skull, discovered in 1985, very small cranium, large jaws and teeth, sagittal crest.

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Paranthropus boisei

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(2.3 MYA) nutcracker man, 520 cc cranium, large teeth and sagittal crest

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Paranthropus robustus

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(1.8 MYA) 150 lbs, Heavy jaws and teeth, 530 cc cranium, gorilla-like sagittal crest

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