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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