Week 34Week 34

Primate EvolutionPrimate Evolution

Ch. 16 pg 420Ch. 16 pg 420

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primateprimate

A group of mammals that includes A group of mammals that includes lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humanslemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans

speciationspeciation

Process of evolution of a new species Process of evolution of a new species that occurs when members of similar that occurs when members of similar populations no longer interbreed to populations no longer interbreed to produce fertile offspringproduce fertile offspring

arborealarboreal

Animals that live in treesAnimals that live in trees

opposable thumbopposable thumb

A thumb that can cross the palm to A thumb that can cross the palm to meet the other fingertipsmeet the other fingertips

binocular visionbinocular vision

Eyes face forward so they can gauge Eyes face forward so they can gauge distancedistance

anthropoidanthropoid

Human like primatesHuman like primates

prehensile tailprehensile tail

Long, muscular tail used as 5Long, muscular tail used as 5thth limb, limb, grasping tree branchesgrasping tree branches

fossilfossil

Evidence of an organism that lived Evidence of an organism that lived long ago that is preserved in the long ago that is preserved in the earth’s rocksearth’s rocks

bipedalbipedal

Able to walk on two legsAble to walk on two legs

hominoidhominoid

Bipedal primates that include Bipedal primates that include modern humans, gorillas, modern humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonoboschimpanzees, and bonobos

hominidhominid

Bipedal primates that include Bipedal primates that include modern humans and direct ancestorsmodern humans and direct ancestors

australopithecineaustralopithecine

Early hominid that lived in Africa and Early hominid that lived in Africa and possessed both apelike and possessed both apelike and humanlike characteristicshumanlike characteristics

Neanderthal Neanderthal

Lived from about 35,000 – 100,000 Lived from about 35,000 – 100,000 years ago in Europe, Asia and Middle years ago in Europe, Asia and Middle East, had thick bones and large faces East, had thick bones and large faces with prominent noseswith prominent noses

Cro-Magnon Cro-Magnon

Identical to modern humans in Identical to modern humans in height, skull and tooth structure and height, skull and tooth structure and brain size, tool makers and artistsbrain size, tool makers and artists

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Evidence of an organism that lived Evidence of an organism that lived long ago that is preserved in the long ago that is preserved in the earth’s rocksearth’s rocks

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A thumb that can cross the palm to A thumb that can cross the palm to meet the other fingertipsmeet the other fingertips

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Bipedal primates that include Bipedal primates that include modern humans, gorillas, modern humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonoboschimpanzees, and bonobos

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Animals that live in treesAnimals that live in trees

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Bipedal primates that include Bipedal primates that include modern humans and direct ancestorsmodern humans and direct ancestors

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Identical to modern humans in Identical to modern humans in height, skull and tooth structure and height, skull and tooth structure and brain size, tool makers and artistsbrain size, tool makers and artists

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Early hominid that lived in Africa and Early hominid that lived in Africa and possessed both apelike and possessed both apelike and humanlike characteristicshumanlike characteristics

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A group of mammals that includes A group of mammals that includes lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humanslemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans

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Lived from about 35,000 – 100,000 Lived from about 35,000 – 100,000 years ago in Europe, Asia and Middle years ago in Europe, Asia and Middle East, had thick bones and large faces East, had thick bones and large faces with prominent noseswith prominent noses

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Eyes face forward so they can gauge Eyes face forward so they can gauge distancedistance

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Human like primatesHuman like primates

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Process of evolution of a new species Process of evolution of a new species that occurs when members of similar that occurs when members of similar populations no longer interbreed to populations no longer interbreed to produce fertile offspringproduce fertile offspring

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Long, muscular tail used as 5Long, muscular tail used as 5thth limb, limb, grasping tree branchesgrasping tree branches

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Able to walk on two legsAble to walk on two legs

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A group of mammals that includes A group of mammals that includes lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humanslemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans

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Eyes face forward so they can gauge Eyes face forward so they can gauge distancedistance

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