ANT 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mouse Lemur, Stereopsis, Harry Harlow
11 Dec 2016
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Primate hands are flexible: 5 fingers; nails are broad and flat; hairless, sensitive pads on palms; opposable thumbs for grip. Vision: larger portion of brain for vision than smell; eyes are directed forward than sideways; color vision. Large brain relative to body size: mature more slowly and live longer. Repro system: pendulous penis not attached to abdomen by skin; two nipples in females; single fetus (quality >quantity: social features. Dependency and development in a social context: social relationships: mother and other adults, harry harlow experiments with monkeys: inadequate mothering/isolation from infants => delinquents, did not act motherly later on, abnormal behaviors, aberrant sexual activities. Primates at play: playtime with peers was crucial for skills and development. Learning from others: imitation of others: classification of primates, types of classification. Depend on smell; mobile ears, whiskers, longer snouts and fixed facial expressions. Grasping hands, stereoscopic vision, enlarged visual centers in brain.
