ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pygmy Marmoset, Grooming Claw, Postorbital Bar

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1120
• Professor: E.Finnis

Document Summary

Anth 1120 lecture outline dr. e. finnis. Huge size range (pygmy marmoset gorilla) Four sets of key features that define primates. Locomotion: all non-human primates are quadrapeds. Quadrupedal but different kinds: brachiation (swinging ex. kids on monkey-bars, clinging/leaping (zoobumafoo, knuckle-walking (ex. Tendency to erect posture: high degree of prehensility in hands and feet, opposable thumbs (sometimes opposable big toes), generally nails, not claws (some exceptions), tactile pads good sense of touch with hands and feet. Highly visual, less reliance on sense of smell: excellent depth perception (due to forward facing eyes, brain expanded, more complex, post-orbital bar or post-orbital plate visual information transmitted to both hemispheres of brain. Diet and teeth: although there are differences among the species, overall the teeth and diet are not overly specialized can eat a variety of things (:. Heterodont: two sets of teeth (baby and adult teeth, 4 types of teeth incisors canines (larger then humans) premolars.