Exam II Review

Be able to name one primate from each taxanomic category

Be able to draw the taxonomic chart from lecture (with names and dates)

Know adaptive radiations in primates

Trends in primate evolution

Traits of the first primates

Adapids

Omomyids

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Strepsirhine

Haplorhine

Prosimian

Anthropoid

Platyrrhine

Aotus (the Owl Monkey)

Catarrhine

Cercopithecine

Colobine

Hominoid

Lesser and great apes

Hominid

Hominin

Taxonomic chart

Colobine adaptations

bilophodont molars

Y-5 molars

Dental formula

Sagittal crest

Nuchal crest

Brow ridges

arboreal quadruped

biped

knuckle-walker

behavioral ecology

relationship between body size and metabolism and diet

optimal group size for a primate community

6 social systems

Most important bond in primate society

Allomothers

Bachelor males

Sneaker males