Anthropology Ch6

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Members of the primate Infraorder Anthropoidea, which includes monkeys, apes and humans.

The form ( shap, size) of anatomical structures; can alson refer to the entire organism.

Having a diet consisting of many food types, such as plant materials,meat, and insects

Active during the day

The sense of Smell

Active during the night

The condition whereby visual images, are, to varying degrees, superimposed. This provides for death perceptio, or viewingthe external environment in three dimensions. Stereoscopic vision is partly a function of structure in the brain.

vision characterized by overlapping visual fields provided by forward-facing eyes. Binocular vision is essential to depth perception.

The two halveesof the cerebrum that are connected by a dense mass of fibers. ( the cerebrum is the large rounded outer portion of the brain.)

The more recently evolved portions of th ecortex of the brain that areinvolved with higher mental functions and composed of areas that integrate incoming information from different sensory organs.

Different forms of sensation ( touch, pain, pressure, heat, cold, vision, taste, hearing, and smell.

Tree living; adapted to life inthe trees

An organisms entire way of life. Where it live, what it eats, how it gets food, how it avoids predators and so on.

Numericcal device that indicates the number of each type of tooth in each sideofthe upper and lower jaws.

The bumps on the chewing surface of premolars and molars.

Using all four limbs to support the body during locomotion; the basic mammalian (and primate form of locomotion

Arm swinging, a form of locomotion used by some primates. Brachiationinvolves hanging from a branch and moving by alternately swinging from one arm to another.

Pertaining to the lower back. The lumbar area is longer in monkeys than it is in humans and apes

the primate suborder that includes lemurs and lorises, colloquial form strepsirhine

The primate suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans( colloquial form haplorphine.

the moist, hairless pads at the end of the nose seen in most mammalian species. The Rhinarium enhances an animals ability to smell.

The taxonomic family that includes all old world monkeys.

Common name for members of the subfamily of old workd monkeys that includes baboons, macaques, and guenons.

Common name for members of the subfamily of old World monkeys that includes the African Colobus monkeys and asian Langurs.

Patches of tough , hard skin, on the buttocks of old world monkeys and chimpanzees.

Differences in physical characteristics between males and females of the same species. For exampl, humans are slightly sexually dimorphic for body size, with males being taller, on average, than females of the same population. Sexual dimorphism is very pronounced in many species, suchh as gorillas

Members of the primate superfamily ( Hominidea) that includes apes and humans.

Pertaining to the protection of all or a part of the area occupied by an animal or group of animals. Territorial behaviors range from scent marking to outright attachs on intruders.

Having a diet composedprimarily of fruits.

The group in which animals are born and raised ( Natal pertains to birth)

Mental capacity; ability to learn, reason or comprehend and interpret information, facts, relationships, and meanings, the capacity to solve problems whether through the application of previouslyacquiredknowledge or through insight.