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Anthropology 1 Ch.4
Ch. 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| primates | a diverse group of animals (including humans, monkeys, prosimians and apes) |
| aboreal | life in trees |
| dexterity | the digits of the feet and hands (fingers and toes) |
| apposable thumb | most important aspect of primate |
| dentition | number, form and arrangement of teeth |
| omnivorous | variety of food for a diet that contains plants, fruit, nuts, seeds and other animals |
| olfaction | sense of smell |
| binocular/stereoscopic vision | visual field of the eyes that overlap transmitting images to both sides of the brain |
| neocortex | the surface portion of the brain associated with sensory messages and voluntary control of movement |
| social learning | primates gain the skills needed to locate food and shelter |
| taxonomy | the science of classification |
| kingdoms | sharing overarching characteristics to small groups |
| species | members that can potentially inbreed |
| taxa | other categories |
| anthropodia/anthropoids | monkeys apes and humans |
| infraorders | subdivision of anthropoids |
| platyrrhini | all monkeys in the americas |
| catarrhini | anthropoids found in europe |
| cranium | skull |
| postcranial skeleton | all bones of the body except skull |
| endocast | a cast of the brain |
| tetanus | 50 million year old prosimina |
| nocturnal | sleeps during day, hunts at night |
| primitive characterisitic | characteristics that have modernality and relate to earlier species |
| derived characteristics | include special teeth, cranial structures, limb bones and making relationships |
| quadrupeds | use all four limbs for movement |
| prehensile tail | acts as fifth limb |
| apidium | small quadrupedal primate with short snout |
| diurnal | active during day, sleeps at night |
| sexual dimorphism | males and females of the same species that exhibit seperate characteristics |
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