Study of diversity of organisms and "relationships" among them
Systematics
System for classifying organisms
Taxonomy
Formal listing of a species:
How to abbreviate
Upper case first letter of genus name; all other letters are lower case,
Italicize or underline
Abbreviation of genus name is okay, but not the species name
(H. Sapien is OK)
(Homo Sap. is NOT OK)
Linnaeus was a ____
Modern biologist are _____
Creationist
Evolutionist
Evolutionary lines of descent; ancestor-descendant relationships
Polygeny
These may be the most evolutionary successful primate
Monkeys
Suite traits that characterize primates:
1) Grasping hands/ feet
2) Nails not claws
3) Increased reliance on vision (eyes on front of skull)
4) Decreased reliance on smell (short snout)
5) Postorbital bar
6) Increase size of brain
7) Long period of juvenile development
Remember
Arboreal Theory:
Visual Predation Theory:
AT: Early primates were adapting to life in the trees
VPT: Early primates were predators of insects
Polygyny
Noyau:
Adults are dispersed and do not form a social group. Territory of one male overlaps the territories of several females