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Objectives. Identify the major categories of primate taxonomy and the position of Homo sapien in that taxonomy. Identify major features of primates Identify separations between primates. Primatology. Station Summary.

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  1. Objectives • Identify the major categories of primate taxonomy and the position of Homo sapien in that taxonomy. • Identify major features of primates • Identify separations between primates

  2. Primatology

  3. Station Summary 1st- gain basic knowledge of the workings of the categories of primates 2nd– Comparison of the hominidea line to others in the same superfamily 3rd- The origin of primates to make an informed judgment on the appropriate climate in which primates live. 4th- the adaptability of the genus Homo compared to other primates.

  4. Human Classification

  5. Primates as mammals • 190 species of non-human primates Name a few…

  6. Olive baboon Grey-shanked douslangur (Viernam) Mijukuu

  7. Primates belong to… • Vertebrate class- Mammalia • What do we know belongs to this vertebrate class? • Subgroup of placental mammals

  8. Geographical Distribution Living non-human primates • Warm • Tropical climates ** humans are the only species to live outside this climate**

  9. Characteristics • Fur • Long gestation followed by live birth • Constant body temperature • Increased brain size • Capacity for learning and behavioral flexibility • Erect posture

  10. Hands and Feet • Prehensile • 5 digits • Opposable thumb • Partially opposable great toe • Tactile pads with sensory nerve fibers at the end of digits (fingerprints)

  11. Senses and the Brain • Color vision • Depth perception • Eyes in front of head • Decreased reliance on the sense of smell • Expanded brain-size and increases brain complexity

  12. Primate Maturation • Longer periods of gestation • Fewer offspring • Delayed maturation • Extension of the entire lifespan (post human fertility)

  13. Learning Behavior • Greater dependence on the flexible, learned behavior • Tend to live in social groups (Japanese Snow Monkeys)

  14. Habitats • Tropical areas • Living in forests of woodlands Pan

  15. Diet and teeth • Omnivorous • Generalized dentition (different teeth for different functions)

  16. Locomotion • Quadrupedal (except homo sapiens)

  17. Prosimians • Most primitive of the primates • Characteristics • Reliance on olfaction • Laterally placed eyes • Shorter gestation and maturation periods • Dental comb

  18. Anthropoids • Includes monkeys, apes and humans • Larger brains and body size • Reduces reliance on smell • Better color vision • Bony plate at the back of eye socket • Longer gestation and maturation periods • Fused mandable

  19. Monkeys • Represent about 70% of all primate species • New world • Old world

  20. New World • Almost exclusively arboreal • Found in southern Mexico, Central and South America • Prince Bernhard’s titi, Squirrel Monkeys, white face capuchin • Tails that can hold

  21. Old World • Habitats include • Tropical forest, desert, snow-covered areas in Japan and China • Characteristics • Most quadrupedal and arboreal • All belong to the cercopithecidae family • Divided into subfamilies

  22. Objectives • Identify the process of Natural Selection as noted by Darwin. • Identify the 3 main ideas in Darwin’s theory of evolution.

  23. Darwinism • www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=136707

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