Human Origins Flashcards
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- anthropoidea
- non-prosimians
- eocene
- epoch in which the first definate primate fossils are found
- tertiary
- geological period from 5mya to 65mya
- hominoidea
- superfamily of extant apes and humans
- 2133
- tooth formula for new world monkeys
- prosimians
- lower primates
- sapiens
- speceis name for humans
- hominidae
- bipedal primates
- platyrrhini
- inferorder of new world monkeys
- hylobatidae
- siamangs and gibbons
- homo
- genus of contemporary humans
- brachiations
- arm-swinging form of locomotion
- canines
- marker of sexual dimorphism in baboons
- island hopping theory
- explanatio of how the new world monkeys arrived in the new world
- convergent evolution
- explanation of why species have similar characteristics but are unrelated -- ie: fish and whales
- derived characteristics
- traits taht differ from those of a common ancestor
- post cranial
- skeleton below the head
- quadrupedalism
- locomotion on all fours
- arboreal
- habitual tree-dweller
- diurnal
- having activity periods in the daytime.
- omomyidae
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early to late eocene
old and new world monkeys
tarsier-like - adapidae
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early to late eocene
old and new world monkeys
lemur-like - catopithecus
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late eocene
fayum, Egypt
furst true anthropiod, retains some prosimian traits - aegyptopithecus
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early oligocene
fayum, egypt
arboreal quarduped
first catarrhine - parapithecidae (apidium)
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early oligocene
fayum, egypt
possible ancestor to new world monkey
2:1:3:3 - proconsul
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early miocene
rusinga island, kenya
dental ape
protohominoid - victoriapithecus
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early miocece
rusinga island, kenya
ancestor of cercopithecoids - kenaypithecus
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early to middle miocene
kenya
protohominoid
dental ape - sivapithecus
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middle miocene
potwar plateau, pakistan
ancestor to orangutans - ouranopitheucs
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late miocene
greece
stem ancestor to african great apes - laccopithecus
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late miocene
southern china
possible ancestor of gibbons - australopithecus
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pliocene (later members in pleistocene)
east and south africa
first definite bipeds in fossil record - gigantopithecus
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pleistocene
china and southeast asia
4th great ape
only ape to ever go extinct
largest primate ever