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how much of DNA code is the same between humans and chimps?
98.5%
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extensions of our brain....
hands
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form connections between sense regions in the human brain...
association fibers
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area of the brain associated with the face, tounge, hands, and speech...
Broca's area
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before reaching the auditory cortex, sound sitimulates these cells...
frequecy specific choclear hair cells
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"being hoofed" or "hoofed animal"
ungulate
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fingerprints
dermatoglyphic
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tarsier locomotor pattern
VCL (vertical clinging and leaping)
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orangutan locomotor pattern...2
- quadrumanos
- or semi-brachiation
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advantages of bipedalism...
- frees hands to carry
- to gesture
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why do orangutans have short thumbs?
to reduces breakage
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resons to groom...6
- clean vermin
- find salt
- group cohesion
- calming effect
- status respect
- appeasement
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a colorful, agressive OWM...
Mandril
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self sharpening canines...
interlocking diastema
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OMW who live at hot springs in cold place...
...eat what?...
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Gibbon locomotor pattern...
true brachiation
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low sexual dimorphism; consistant habiat; limbs of equal length; never deforested
NWM
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diverse habitat; high sexual dimorphism; more locomotor styles; deforestation...
OMW
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permits free exchange of serum protiens and favors maternal iso-immunzation against mutant protiens
hemochordial placentation
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made for single of double births
unicornuate uteri
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usually have twins
marmosets and tamarins
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primate reproduction trends...5
- reduced birth numbers
- better fetal nutrition
- k-strategic
- postnatal dependency
- longer gestation
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benifits of continuous estrus...4
- higher adverage fertitily
- measure of control for the female
- multiple matings-confused paternity
- reduced infantacide (above reason, or male kills infant to induce estrus)
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three steps to reproduction...
- attractivity (swelling)
- proceptivity (distance closing; pheramonal lock)
- receptivity (mounting)
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co-housing effect...
...why...?
- female synchronization
- reduce competition form males
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do humans have drives despit being neocortical?
yes. (reproductive drive is strong)
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the study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology and finally behaviour
allometry
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small primates eat mostly....
carbohydrates (high energy food)
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the act or process of affording nutriment or nourishment
ailmentation
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which premolars have anthropiods lost?
1,2
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fixed meaning; most animlas have them; chest thumping, smacking...
signs
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arbitrary; humans have...
symbols
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prerequisite for anticipatory bahavior; future tense...
displacement
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is there a genetic component to language?
...what is one proof...
- yes
- children all start talking at 18-22 months
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