Haplorhines Study guides, Study notes & Summaries

Primate Cladogram LCAs & Synapomorphies verified already passed 2024/2025 Primate Synapomorphies - correct answer Large brain Shorter snouts (due to lowered dependence on olfaction and higher dependence on vision) Forward facing orbits Post orbital bar Opposable hallux Nails instead of claws Characteristics of LCA of Strepsirhines - correct answer Tooth comb Grooming claw Characteristics of LCA of Haplorhines - correct answer Loss of tupetum Lucidum (reduced night vision) so...

Anthropology 101 Inquisitive Chapter 9 Match each hypothesis about the evolution of unique primate traits to the scientist(s) who proposed it. - correct answer -Sir Grafton Elliot Smith and Frederic Wood Jones: arboreal hypothesis -Matt Cartmill: visual predation hypothesis -Robert Susan: angiosperm radiation hypothesis Match each taxonomic group of early haplorhine primates to its description. - correct answer -Propliopithecids: This is a somewhat diverse group of fossil primates. Alt...

Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1 Latest Update 100% Pass Anthropology - the study of humankind in all times and places Ethnocentrism the belief that the ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones Culture theories about the world and reality based on the assumptions and values of one's own culture Applied Anthropology use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems Medical Anthropology specialization that brings theoretical and applied approaches from cultural...

The two main taxonomic classifications of primates are strepsirhines and haplorhines. The terms prosimian and anthropoid are the older, less used, taxonomic terms.

ANTH 170C1 Exam 1 Clicker Questions Exam 1 Adaptation by Natural Selection Which of the following does not describe humans? A. Eukaryotic B. Eutherian C. Mammal D. Prokaryotic E. Primate F. Genus Homo True or False: Humans share an ancestor with all currently existing bacterial (type of prokaryote) cells? A. True B. False Approximately when did the ancestor of all life on earth live? A. 2 mya B. 2 bya C. 200,000 ya D. 3.5 mya E. 3.5 bya F. 350,000 ya The ancestor...

In depth Primate and their ancestors notes. Detailing back to Haplorhines with characteristics relating to each group of apes, monkeys and primates as well as looking at the evolutionary advantages of modern human characteristics.