Transcript Objectives - Woodland Hills School District

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
1 st - gain basic knowledge of the workings of the categories
of primates
2 nd – Comparison of the hominidea line to others in the same
superfamily
3 rd - The origin of primates to make an informed judgment on the
appropriate climate in which primates live.
4 th - the adaptability of the genus Homo compared to other
primates.
HUMAN CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom
Phyla
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
PRIMATES AS MAMMALS
 190 species of non-human primates
Name a few…
Olive baboon
Grey-shanked dous langur
(Viernam)
Mijukuu
PRIMATES BELONG TO…
 Vertebrate class- Mammalia
 What do we know belongs to this vertebrate class?
 Subgroup of placental mammals
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Living non-human primates
 Warm
 Tropical climates
** humans are the only species to live
outside this climate**
CHARACTERISTICS
Fur
Long gestation
followed by live birth
Constant body
temperature
Increased brain size
Capacity for learning
and behavioral
flexibility
Erect posture
HANDS AND FEET
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Prehensile
5 digits
Opposable thumb
Partially opposable great toe
Tactile pads with sensory nerve fibers at the end of digits
(fingerprints)
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
PRIMATE MATURATION
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Longer periods of gestation
Fewer of fspring
Delayed maturation
Extension of the entire lifespan (post human fertility)
LEARNING BEHAVIOR
 Greater dependence on the flexible, learned behavior
 Tend to live in social groups (Japanese Snow Monkeys)
HABITATS
 Tropical areas
 Living in forests of woodlands
Pan
DIET AND TEETH
 Omnivorous
 Generalized dentition (dif ferent teeth for dif ferent functions)
LOCOMOTION
 Quadrupedal (except homo sapiens)
PROSIMIANS
 Most primitive of the primates
 Characteristics
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Reliance on olfaction
Laterally placed eyes
Shorter gestation and maturation periods
Dental comb
ANTHROPOIDS
 Includes monkeys, apes and humans
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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
MONKEYS
 Represent about 70% of all primate species
 New world
 Old world
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
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
OBJECTIVES
Identify the process of Natural Selection as
noted by Darwin.
Identify the 3 main ideas in Darwin’s theory of
evolution.
DARWINISM
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