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AN 102 Midterm 2 Test

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maxilloturbinal
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Fayum Anthropoids
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Dental Formula of Cattyrrhines
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2 types of chimps
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nasoturbinal/ethmoturbinal
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Characteristics of Anthropoids
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Two Major Groups of Eocene Primates
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Adapids
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Miocene Primates
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infanticide
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Dental Formula of New World Monkeys
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angiosperms
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Mosaic Evolution
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Proconsuloids
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Parental Investment Theory
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Visual Predation Theory (Cartmill's)
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polyandry
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Characteristics of strepsirhines
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harems
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Benefits of Sociality (living in a group with others)
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"many males" - one female reproducing with several males (rare)
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Proconsuloids, Morotopithecus, Dryopithecoids, Sivapithecids, Gigantopithecus
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small brain, rhinarium, toilet claw, tooth comb (e.g. lemur)
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2.1.3.3
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defense against predators; defense of food resources/territory
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mainly diurnal, lemur-like skulls, no tooth comb
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one male, multi female groups
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plants that produce flowers and that wrap their seeds in outer coats (fruit)
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gives sense of small (dogs have enormous turbinal surfaces, giving good sense of smell)
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ape teeth, monkey postcranials ("dental apes"); mid-Miocene
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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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moistens and warms inhaled air, then cools exhaled air to recover water
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the accretion of a group's distinctive traits at different times and for different reasons
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2.1.2.3
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Adapoids and Omomyoids
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common chimpanzees and pygmy chimpanzees (bonobos)
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middle ear, pit in the retna, bigger brains, better vision, worse smell, postorbital septum
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primates have catlike vision for the same reason cats do; grasping hands and feet for locomotion on small branches
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males kill the offspring of previous male
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Parapithecids, Oligopithecids, Proplipithecids
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Mid-late Miocene, Europe, true hominoids (not "dental apes" like proconsuloids)
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males and females are anatomically different
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Plattyrhines (new world) and Catarrhines (old world)
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mainly nocturnal, kind of tarsier-like
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one male, multiple females
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an Asian radiation of apes similar to proconsuloids, but with orangutan-like skills in some genera
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increased risk of disease; increased competition for food
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idea that there is a "lag time" before an evolutionary trait develops
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The study of the relationships between body size and other biological variables.
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- 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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