ANT380H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pith, Buckling, Anatomical Terms Of Motion
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Take home message of assignment: human beings have dominated the world - few evolutionary --, make sure to answer questions head on, paragraph or two at end that integrate everything together. Tyson documented both anatomy and osteology: anatomy: soft tissue, including skin, muscle, ligaments, tendons, connective tissue, circulatory system and organs, osteology: study of skeletal system, key functions, ligaments, tendons. Chimpanzees: prognathism: protruding face, opposable great toes, broad shoulders, broad torso - human like, not monkey like features, long arms, long, fingers, small thumbs. Incisors :2: canines: 1, premolars: 2, molars: 2, dental formula of chimps is 2-1-2-3. Large nuchal area: why do you need neck muscles, adaptations to ripping and stripping foods such as pith, chimps have large brains relative to other primates, brains differ in size, 1350 cc vs. 350 cc. Speech center: one of the biggest differences b/w chimps and humans is ambition.
