[ANTHROP 3409] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (84 pages long)
6 Feb 2017
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Systema naturae carl linnaeus: included other things in category with humans, called this category primates (1st order) Teeth: heterodont, higher primate dental formula (old world catarrhine) = 2. 1. 2. 3, higher primate dental formula (new world platyrrhine) = 2. 1. 3. 3. January 19: overview, retained many primitive characteristics, lack derived features. Galagiids or bushbabies foraging: africa only, small; nocturnal; insectivorous; leapers; noyau, lorisiids, africa and asia, cryptic behavior; slow, the potto (african, slow loris (southeast asia, slender loris (asia, very slender forelimbs. January 19 & january 24: general anthropoid features, larger, diurnal, lack tapetum lucidum, orbits more forward facing, reduced snout, larger brain, fused frontal bone, fused mandibular symphysis, postorbital closure. Ii: platyrrhine = flat noses with wide nostrils, catarrhine = downward noses with convergence at midline. General platyrrhine features: small medium sized monkeys, dental formula = 2. 1. 3. 3 (most, purely arboreal, some have specialized prehensile tail, ring-like auditory bulla.
