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Prehistoric Cultures Tim Roufs section 20092012 Introduction to Primtes or how to make sense out of Ch 6 and Ch 7 of the text Prehistoric Cultures Tim Roufs section 2009 ID: 227892

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Prosimians

Prehistoric Cultures

Tim Roufs’ section

©2009-2012Slide3

Introduction to

Primtes

. . . or how to make sense

out of

Ch. 6 and Ch. 7 of the text . . .

Prehistoric Cultures

Tim Roufs’ section ©2009Slide4

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcprim.html#ProsimiiSlide5

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 101

Classification chart (after Linnaeus)Slide6

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 101

Classification chart (after Linnaeus)Slide7

Primate taxonomic classification

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 129

Prosimians

(pre-monkeys)Slide8

Taxonomy

Prosimii

tree shrew

(insectivore)lemurloris

tarsier

Common Name

Suborder

AnthropoideaSlide9

Taxonomy

Prosimii

tree shrew

(insectivore)

Common Name

SuborderSlide10

(Pen – Tailed) Tree Shrew, Borneo

REM: the tree shrew is an insectivore not a primateS.E. Asia and IndonesiaSlide11

Indonesia and Borneo

Java

Borneo

Indonesia

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p.

133

Borneo

IndonesiaSlide12

(Pen – Tailed) Tree Shrew, Borneo

REM: the tree shrew is an insectivore not a primateS.E. Asia and Indonesia

sharp-clawed digits

old fossil forms show flattened nailssome are nocturnal

about the size of a squirrel approximation of earliest phase in the evolution of primatesSlide13

Pen – Tailed Tree Shrew, Borneo

The Primates

, Time-Life (1974) p. 20

p.

133Slide14

Taxonomy

Prosimii

tree shrew

(insectivore)lemur

Common Name

SuborderSlide15

Primate taxonomic classification

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 129

LemurSlide16

Geographical distribution of modern lemurs

Madagascar

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 131Slide17

(Dwarf) Lemur, Madagascar

size and appearance of a raccoonindependently moveable earsmostly nocturnalapproximate midpoint between insectivores and monkeyswidespread during Eocene, and is of interest because of little change since Eocene

(36-58 million yrs. B.P.)

most digits have flat nails rather than clawshas uneven body temperatureSlide18

(Dwarf) Lemur, Madagascar

The Primates

, Time-Life (1974) p. 12

p.

131Slide19

Ring-tailed lemur

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p.

132

p.

131Slide20

Sifakas

in their native habitat in Madagascar

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 132

p.

131Slide21

p.

131Slide22

Lemur, Madagascar

p.

131Slide23

p.

131Slide24

Taxonomy

Prosimii

tree shrew

(insectivore)lemurloris

Common Name

SuborderSlide25

Primate taxonomic classification

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 129

LorisSlide26

Loris

Malaysia, S.E. AsiaSlide27

Java

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p.

133

MalaysiaSlide28

Loris

Malaysia, S.E. Asianocturnallarge eyesfeeds largely on insects, birds, and bird’s eggs

strong hands

backbone has more vertebrae than any other primateSlide29

Loris,

Malaysia

The Primates

, Time-Life (1974) p. 29

p.

133Slide30

Slow

loris

p. 126

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p.

132

p.

133Slide31

Taxonomy

Prosimii

tree shrew

(insectivore)lemur

lorisbush baby

Common Name

SuborderSlide32

Galago

, or “bush baby” (Lorisiforme

)

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed., p.

132

p.

133Slide33

Taxonomy

Prosimii

tree shrew

(insectivore)lemur

lorisbush babytarsier

Common Name

SuborderSlide34

Primate taxonomic classification

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 129

TarsierSlide35

Java

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 133

Malaysia

Indonesia

Borneo

Java

Geographical distribution of modern tarsiersSlide36

Tarsier

North central Indonesiaextreme development of tarsal bonessmaller than lemur, about the size of a ratsmall nose, large goggly eyes

at least 25 genera in Eocene times

(36-58 million yrs. B.P.)today there is only one

arborealnocturnal180 degree head swivelSlide37

Tarsier,

Indonesia

The Primates

, Time-Life (1974) p. 23

p.

133Slide38

Tarsier

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 133

p.

133Slide39

Primates

Earliest primates =Prosimians (pre-monkeys)Slide40

Primate taxonomic classification

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 129

ProsimiansSlide41

A Primate Family Tree

The Emergence of Humankind, 4th ed

., p. 64Slide42

New World

Monkeys

Old World

Monkeys

ca

. 50 myaSlide43

Primate taxonomic classification

Understanding Humans, 10

th

ed

., p. 129

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