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Humans in a sense = super primates
hind limb dominance in locomotion
stereoscopic vision
opposable thumbs |
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| dry nosed primates. the prosimian tarsiers and the anthropoids. |
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| old world monkeys and apes (including humans) |
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angiosperms coevolution
primates evolved to take advantage of fleshy fruits |
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fires around planet
temp rises → bakes life
dust gathers, sunlight blocked, freezing
25% of species survive
insectivorous animals, warm blooded |
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| warm and wet → warm melts ice, warm air holds water, water cycle |
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Plesiadapiforms
shrew- varmint size
Rocky Mountains and western Europe
dominate land mammals
faunas dominated by ples. ~40%
teeth rounded, fruit eating, but also had tusks and specialized premolar |
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similar skull shape, snout
no post-orbital bar
primates larger brain
primates opposable big toes
primates have nails, ples. Have claws
ples. Not very close to primates
left some descendants → flying lemurs, skin flaps
likely that earliest primate developed from some generalized ples. |
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smaller than adapoids.
Probably noctournal
no sex dimorphism
insect eating
large eyes, short snout
elongated tarsus |
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Sexual dimorphism
lemur size
arb. quad
fruit eating
longer snout, smaller eyes |
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| is metaphor to species explosions |
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