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Stack #26939
| description | Name |
|---|---|
| A school of thought that stresses evolutionary relationships between organisms in forming biological classification | Cladistics |
| A school of thought that stresses the overall physical similarities among organisms in forming biological classifications | Phenetics |
| Larger mammals loose heat slower that smaller ones. Mammals with linear shape will lose heat faster thatn ones with non-linear heat | Bergmann's Rule |
| oxygen starvation | Hypoxia |
| The suborder of primates that are biologically primitive compared to athropoids | Prosimians |
| The suborder of primates consisting of monkeys, apes and humans | Anthropoids |
| the average difference in body size between adult males and females | Sexual dimorphism |
| An exclusive sexual bond between an adult male/female for long periods of time | Monogamy |
| A sexual bond between male/female in which either have more than one mate at any given time | Polygamy |
| Living in trees. Living on the ground. Capable of grasping | Arboreal. Terrestrial. Prehensile |
| The order of mammals that has a complex of charactoristics related to an initial adaptation to life in the trees | Primates |
| The tendancy to choose from outside the local population | Exogamy |
| The ability to produce the enzyme lactase after 5 years of age | Lactase Persistent |
| A condition charactoristic by diarrhea, cramps, and other intestinal problems resulting from the ingestion of milk | Lactose Intolerance |
| Short term physiological responses | Acclimation |
| Long term physiological responses | Acclimitization |
| changes that occur during growth | Developmental Acclimitization |
| the ability of an organism to respond to stress from changes in the environment | Plasticity |
| any factor that interfers with the normal limits of operation of an organism | Stress |
| In a physiological sense, the maintenance of normal limits of body functioning | Homeostasis |
| Similarity due to decent from a common ancestor | Homology |
| similarity due to independant evolution | Homoplasy |
| humans and humanlike ancestors since the time of divergence from the african apes | Hominid (himinin) |
| A superfamily of anthropoids consisting of apes and humans | Hominoids |
| nocturnal prosimians found in Asia and African | Loris |
| Nocturnal prosimians found today in Indonesia | Tarsiers |
| A prosimian found today on the island of Madagascar | Lemur |
| Predicts that mammals in cold climated should have shorter bulkier limbs, whereas mammals in hot climates should have long narrower limbs | Allen |
| Infraorder: Leuriformes Superfamily: | Lorisoidea (Lorises) |
| Suborder: Prosimian Intfraorder: | Tariiformes (Tarsiers) |
| Suborder: Anthropoidea Infraorder: | Platyrrhini (new world) |
| Infraorder: Platyrrhini Superfamily: | Ceboidea |
| Suborder: Anthropoidea Infraorder: | Catarrhini (old world) |
| Infraorder: Catarrhini Superfamily: | Cercopithecoidea |
| Suborder: Anthropoidea Infraorder: Catarrhini Superfamily: | Hominoidea |
| Superfamily: Hominoidea Family: | Hylobatidae, Pongidae, Hominids |
| Family: Hylobadidae Name: | Gibbons |
| Family: Pongidae Name: | Orangutan, Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Bonobos |
| Family: Hominids Name: | Human |
| Monkeys (new world) Platarrhini | prehensile tails, aboreal, quadrupedal, 2-1-2-3 dental, live in tropical rain forests, savanna, omnivores |
| Monkeys (old world)Catarrhini cercopithecoidea | tail, 2-1-3-3 dental, acrobatic agility, prehensile tail (derived trait |
| Great Apes and Humans: Catarrhini Hominoidea | Do not have tails, size is larger, larger brains, invest time in offspring, suspensory climbers |
| Prosimii: Lemurs, Tarsiiformes, and Lorisoidea | nocturnal, verticle leapers, very small, primitive, have claws |
| Orangutans | "man of the forest" reddish brown hair, large pads of fat on face, more time on the ground, climbers and hangers |
| Gorillas | Larger canine teeth, knuckle walkers, terrestrial, silverbacks, small social groups |
| Chimpanzees | Closest to humans, capable of behaviors such as tool making, small, knuckle walkers, fruit eaters, large communities |
| Bonobos | Closely related to the chimp, longer legs, narrower chest, frequent knuckle walkers, bipedal (sometimes), sex, fruit and plants |
| Humans | originally from tropical rainforest, family living, larger brain, bipedalism |
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