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