PPT-Human Evolution Primates

2 Divisions of Primates 1 Anthropoid primates 2 Prosimean primates Characteristics Nails no claws Prehensile hands and feet grasping Color vision and depth perception Anthropoid Primates. Adapted from https. ://sites.google.com/site/highlandhsp3m/unit-1-what-makes-us-human. What does being human mean to you?. What distinguishes humans from animals?. Take a moment an think. REALLY think.. Thinking Questions. Did humans evolve from apes? . http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html. Are non-human primates portrayed accurately in media (TV, . T. arzan, Planet of the Apes, King . Primates. Why study primates?. Social behavior offers clues to human behavior.. Many ‘human’ behavioral traits are seen in primates.. Examples?. Behavioral analysis combined with morphological comparisons allow us to determine probable behavior of human ancestors.. Chapters 34, 41, and 44. Go back! We f*#ked everything up. Humans and Apes. Homo sapiens . characteristics. Bipedal. Larger brains. Language. Symbolic thought. Artistic expression. Use complex tools. Lecture 71 – Lecture 72 – Lecture 73. Primates. Ozgur. . Unal. 1. Primates. 2. List. the similarities and differences you see among the primates in the pictures.. All primates have a common ancestor.. Voyage of the H.M.S.Beagle. Dates: . February 12th, 1831. Captain:. Charles Darwin. Ship. : H.M.S. Beagle. Destination:. Voyage around the world.. Findings:. evidence to propose a revolutionary hypothesis about how life changes over time. Primates as Mammals. Intelligence. Born Live. Milk at birth. Stage of Learning. Skeletal System. Teeth. Way of Life. Activity Level. Specialized Vision. Primate Intelligence. Brain size larger, specifically in cerebral hemisphere (areas supporting conscious thought). What is “Bioinformatics”?. National Institutes of Health Definition: . Research, development, or application of . computational tools and approaches. for . expanding the use of biological. , medical, behavioral or health . Lori Marino. The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy. Convergent Minds. The Evolution of Cognitive Complexity. Boston . University 2015. Outline. What is convergence?. Background on primate and cetacean evolution. Kingdom Animal. Phylum Chordate. Class Mammal. Order Primates. Family Hominids. Genus Homo. Species Sapiens. Important Vocabulary. Paleoanthropologist. INTRODUCTION. Evolution is a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.. Biological evolution is defined as organisms reproducing but experiencing changes with each generation. Evolution can happen in a small and large context. There are small genetic changes between generations, as well as large changes that happen over multiple generations.. The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of new highly seasonal savannah habitats. However, until now, our understanding of the possible impact of seasonality on this shift has been limited because we have little general knowledge of how seasonality affects the lives of primates. This book documents the extent of seasonality in food abundance in tropical woody vegetation. It then presents a systematic analysis of seasonality\'s impact in food supply on the behavioral ecology of non-human primates and ultimately applies its conclusions to primate and human evolution. \"Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors’ studies of predators on monkeys and apes are supplemented here with the observations of naturalists in the field and revealing interpretations of the fossil record. Eyewitness accounts of the ?man the hunted” drama being played out even now give vivid evidence of its prehistoric significance. This provocative view of human evolution suggests that countless adaptations that have allowed our species to survive?from larger brains to speech?stem from a considerably more vulnerable position on the food chain than we might like to imagine. The myth of early humans as fearless hunters dominating the earth obscures our origins as just one of many species that had to be cautious, depend on other group members, communicate danger, and come to terms with being merely one cog in the complex cycle of life. The expanded edition includes a new chapter that describes the ever-increasing evidence of predation on humans and other primates and claims that the earliest humans were neither hunters nor even the accomplished scavengers that many authorities have claimed.
Contents
Foreword by Ian Tattersall 1. Just Another Item on the Menu 2. Debunking ?Man the Hunter” 3. Who’s Eating Whom? 4. Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! 5. Coursing Hyenas and Hungry Dogs 6. Missionary Position 7. Terror from the Sky 8. We Weren’t Just Waiting Around to be Eaten! 9. Gentle Savage or Bloodthirsty Brute? 10. Man the Hunted 11. The Final Word\" \"Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors’ studies of predators on monkeys and apes are supplemented here with the observations of naturalists in the field and revealing interpretations of the fossil record. Eyewitness accounts of the ?man the hunted” drama being played out even now give vivid evidence of its prehistoric significance. This provocative view of human evolution suggests that countless adaptations that have allowed our species to survive?from larger brains to speech?stem from a considerably more vulnerable position on the food chain than we might like to imagine. The myth of early humans as fearless hunters dominating the earth obscures our origins as just one of many species that had to be cautious, depend on other group members, communicate danger, and come to terms with being merely one cog in the complex cycle of life. The expanded edition includes a new chapter that describes the ever-increasing evidence of predation on humans and other primates and claims that the earliest humans were neither hunters nor even the accomplished scavengers that many authorities have claimed.
Contents
Foreword by Ian Tattersall 1. Just Another Item on the Menu 2. Debunking ?Man the Hunter” 3. Who’s Eating Whom? 4. Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! 5. Coursing Hyenas and Hungry Dogs 6. Missionary Position 7. Terror from the Sky 8. We Weren’t Just Waiting Around to be Eaten! 9. Gentle Savage or Bloodthirsty Brute? 10. Man the Hunted 11. The Final Word\"