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AN 102 Midterm 2

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Allometry   The study of the relationships between body size and other biological variables.  
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Parental Investment Theory   A mother is certain her daughters will reproduce, but she may be more concerned for the reproductive success of her songs  
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polyandry   "many males" - one female reproducing with several males (rare)  
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polygyny   one male, multiple females  
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monogamy   one male, one female ("pair bonded"- e.g. gibbons)  
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maxilloturbinal   moistens and warms inhaled air, then cools exhaled air to recover water  
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nasoturbinal/ethmoturbinal   gives sense of small (dogs have enormous turbinal surfaces, giving good sense of smell)  
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angiosperms   plants that produce flowers and that wrap their seeds in outer coats (fruit)  
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2 types of chimps   common chimpanzees and pygmy chimpanzees (bonobos)  
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sexual dimorphism   males and females are anatomically different  
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Benefits of Sociality (living in a group with others)   defense against predators; defense of food resources/territory  
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Costs of Sociality   increased risk of disease; increased competition for food  
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harems   one male, multi female groups  
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infanticide   males kill the offspring of previous male  
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Arboreal Theory   - big brain because life in trees is complicated - enhanced visual system for scoping out arboreal pathways - reduced smell because it isn't effective in trees - hands and feet for better gripping and traction  
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Visual Predation Theory (Cartmill's)   primates have catlike vision for the same reason cats do; grasping hands and feet for locomotion on small branches  
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Mosaic Evolution   the accretion of a group's distinctive traits at different times and for different reasons  
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Phylogenetic Inertia   idea that there is a "lag time" before an evolutionary trait develops  
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Two Major Groups of Eocene Primates   Adapoids and Omomyoids  
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Fayum Anthropoids   Parapithecids, Oligopithecids, Proplipithecids  
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Characteristics of strepsirhines   small brain, rhinarium, toilet claw, tooth comb (e.g. lemur)  
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Characteristics of Anthropoids   middle ear, pit in the retna, bigger brains, better vision, worse smell, postorbital septum  
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Types of Anthropoids   Plattyrhines (new world) and Catarrhines (old world)  
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Dental Formula of New World Monkeys   2.1.3.3  
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Dental Formula of Cattyrrhines   2.1.2.3  
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Theories of Anthropoid Origins   Tarsiers, omomyid, adapid, or separate ancient origin  
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Adapids   mainly diurnal, lemur-like skulls, no tooth comb  
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Omomyids   mainly nocturnal, kind of tarsier-like  
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Miocene Primates   Proconsuloids, Morotopithecus, Dryopithecoids, Sivapithecids, Gigantopithecus  
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Sivapithecids   an Asian radiation of apes similar to proconsuloids, but with orangutan-like skills in some genera  
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Epaxial Muscles   Muscles around vertebrae  
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Dryopithecids   Mid-late Miocene, Europe, true hominoids (not "dental apes" like proconsuloids)  
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Proconsuloids   ape teeth, monkey postcranials ("dental apes"); mid-Miocene  
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Morotopithecus   early Miocene, Uganda, in many ways between monkey and ape  
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