2100 anthropology exam.
ATH 2100_Exam 2_Review
Key Terms:
Taxonomy Phylogeny Ancestral/Derived Traits Foraging Strategy
Dental formula Heterodont Knuckle-walking Strepsirhine/Haplorhine
Platyrrhine/Catarrhine Cercopithecoid Hominoid/Hominid/Hominin Adaptive Radiation
Paleoanthropology Taphonomy Relative vs Chronometric dating
Law of Superposition Homology Homoplasy Phylogram/Phylogenetic Tree
Cladogram Parsimony Convergent Evolution Plesiadapiformes
Ethogram Sampling methods
Key Concepts:
How is Linnean taxonomy organized?
Where do primates fit into Linnean taxonomy?
What are the ancestral traits that unite primates with other mammals?
What are the derived traits that unite primates compared to mammals? (Be specific!)
What are the different types of primate diets? How does diet influence activity and foraging strategies?
What are the different forms of locomotion found in primates? How is this reflected in their anatomies?
What are characteristics of each major primate taxonomic group? (Strepsirhines, Haplorhines, Platyrrhines, Catarrhines, Hominoids, Cercopithecines, Colobines)
What’s the deal with the tarsier?
Pay attention to the social behavior of great apes. How are they different from other primates?
Compare chimpanzee and bonobo behaviors.
Why live in a group as a primate?
What ways do they adapt to living in groups?
Different mating/social systems (polygyny, polyandry, monogamy, solitary)
When and why do we see sexual dimorphism? When don’t we see sexual dimorphism?
How is human language different from non-human primate language?
What have we learned from Great Ape language studies?
What are some arguments to support culture in apes?
Primate conservation
Primates as models
How do we get fossils? Methods of dating fossils
What are the different methods of classification? What traits do each use? Be able to interpret a cladogram and phylogenetic tree.
Major events in primate evolution by Epoch
Hypotheses to explain the evolution of primates