Primates‚ like humans have hands‚ feet and a brain. There are certain characteristics that defines a primate. The first trait is color vision. Although humans are capable of distinguishing a spectrum of color‚ other primates fail to do so because they are colorblind. Specifically‚ they cannot see the color red. As time passed by‚ color vision has evolved for primates. Unlike before‚ they have the ability to pick out red and orange fruit to eat for themselves. Another trait is grasping hands. It helps
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There is a lot I learned studying the primates. Primates are very fascinating and I think there is a lot more to learn about them. Primates have many different characteristics and because of this they are classified in different groups of species. I did my observation on prosimians‚ monkeys‚ and apes as well. The observation was conducted at the Sacramento Zoo of nine primate species. Out of the nine there are three primates that caught my attention and it’s the Ring Tail Lemur‚ White Faced Saki
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Primate Classification LECTURE This lecture will address basic primate classification. Primates are classified based on their features- primates that share certain features are classified into the same group. There are lots of different ways of classifying animals- using an evolutionary taxonomy (like Linneaus’ family tree) or using cladistics. We are going to stick with the evolutionary taxonomy. There is a chart in your book- on Page 168-169 of your book- I would suggest that you have that open
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Writing Assignment One--Do primates posses culture? I think that if culture is defined as learned behavior‚ than it is reasonable to say that primates posses a form of culture. Primates have been observed making tools to aid in collecting food and developing communication system‚ both of which are learned behaviors. It is common in monkeys‚ apes and humans that behavior and social organization aren’t necessarily programmed into the genes. There have been several cases where an entire troop has
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Primates Woo Youn Choi Professor Sharon Rachele Biological Anthropology June 4‚ 2014 Primates There are two different suborders of primates such as strepsirrhini and haplorrhini. All non-human primates are divided by these two suborders; in other words‚ primates with having moist nose are strepsirrhini‚ and primates with dry nose are haplorrhini. In modern day‚ lots of primates still exist in specific regions. For instance‚ ring-tailed lemur is one of non-human primates from strepsirrhini
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man and ape separate from thinking alike. Though man and primate have similar states of being‚ men have a more curiosity towards the world then primate. It’s been proven that primates have a better capacity towards the learning. Though humans are the ones being top of the food change‚ it’s amazing how a little curiosity in our life makes all the difference. Apes have more capacity to learning then a human but it always seems that primates only care about living eating and using the bathroom whenever
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Studying primate dentition is a relatively old topic. There have been many studies conducted to find more information on primate dental morphology. The research is conducted to try and distinguish the relationship between diet and primate dentition. Primate teeth have several functions‚ but their primary function is the mastication of food. Their dental morphology reflects the various functions demanded by the variety of food types—shearing‚ chopping‚ grinding. Generally‚ incisors function chiefly
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most modern primates. Early researches made huge discovers when studying these primates such as characteristics‚ the anatomy‚ and the social behavior that could be compared to humans today. However‚ no matter how many similarities you find between primates and humans there will always be differences. The man difference is that humans became more advanced then the modern ape which made it easy for researches to discover how far we have come since once being considered highly evolved primates before humans
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There are some things that are different between non-human primates and human primates. But we aren’t extremely different. We share many things in common. Some of the things we share are the way we interact with our peers. The fact that they can also cooperative and work together to achieve a common goal. How we both can display our emotions and wants through our facial expression and body language. We share the same diet type even though the way we go about getting our food different. The fact that
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Mark Mariano Professor Guenther Anthropology 131 November 25‚ 2012 Primate Observation Primates are one of the most interesting mammals on earth‚ not only because of their complex social structures‚ but because they hold so many similar characteristics to humans. Primates are often cited as our closest living relatives and on two separate occasions I observed four separate species of primates at the San Diego Zoo that can justify their use of their physical characteristics and
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