Adaptations of Primates

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Practice Exercise: Write your name with your pencil without the use of your thumb. Also, try and tie your shoe and get something out of your wallet or purse.

Opposable Thumbs

Grasping Hands

Practice Exercise: Think of all of the things you could not do without your independently moving fingers.

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Adaptations of Primates

Adaptations of Primates

Binocular VisionPractice Exercise:

1.Determine your field of vision with your arms spread wide.

2.Test your binocular vision using a pencil and a partner.

Adaptations of Primates

The Primate Family Tree

www.greatapetrust.org

Prosimians

Lemur

LorisTarsier

www.wildmadagascar.org

www.ninme.com

www.kostich.com

What do you notice about their eyes?

Why?

New World Monkeys

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Howler MonkeySpider Monkey

www.luminous-landscape.com

Found in South and Central America

Notice the functioning

tail.

Baboons

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Old World MonkeysFound in Africa and Asia

What are the TWO main differences between new and old world monkeys?

Apes

From Asia

Gibbons

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Apes

From Asia

Orangutangs

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Apes

Gorillas

From Africa

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Apes

www.it.wikipedia.org

BonobosFrom Africa

Apes

www.seaworld.org

ChimpanzeesFrom Africa

All of this evolution lead to us!!!

The End!