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Prehistoric Cultures

Explore the evolutionary chart and classification of primates from prosimians to humans. Learn about their physical adaptations and distribution across different climates. Discover the cultural aspects of primates and their significance in human evolution.

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Prehistoric Cultures

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  1. Prehistoric Cultures Class Slides Set12A Introduction to Primates Tim Roufs’ section

  2. Classification chart (after Linnaeus) Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 96

  3. Primate taxonomic classification Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 123

  4. prosimians pre-monkeys monkeys monkeys apes apes humans humans

  5. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcprim.html#titlehttp://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcprim.html#title

  6. Primates are tropical and temperate climate creatures Distribution of Nonhuman Primates Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 93

  7. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcprimpr.htmlhttp://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcprimpr.html

  8. “Times to Remember” WebPage

  9. A Primate Family Tree The Emergence of Humankind, 4th ed., p. 64

  10. A Primate Family Tree The Emergence of Humankind, 4th ed., p. 64

  11. Mesozoic (ca. 125 m.y.a.) Cenozoic (ca. 65 m.y.a.) Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 106

  12. Pangea Pangea Split | “Island Effect” | New Adaptations | New Orders of Creation

  13. Primates tree life | physical modifications |

  14. Primates earliest primates = prosimians (pre-monkeys)

  15. Primates • improved grasping hand • improved opposability • more elaborate brains • smelling becomes secondary • color vision • larger eyes • eyes moved forward |

  16. Gibbon Red Wolf Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 116

  17. Primates All of this required increased coordination of senses

  18. Primates • monkeys use food more efficiently than apes | • need for apes to encounter wider and more varied environments | • greater variety of environments

  19. Primates microenvironments

  20. microenvironments

  21. microenvironments The African SavannahIllustration by Jay H. Matternes http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/atapuerca/africa/branches.php

  22. Primates • multiplicity of alternatives | • need for deliberation | • requires more time | • causes delay |

  23. Primates therefore life becomes less automatic and one depends to a greater extent on learning. . .

  24. Primates CULTURE (learned behavior)

  25. Next: Prosimians Prosimians (pre-monkeys)

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