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| A single population Defined in terms of its genetic composition |
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| A population is Polymorphic for a trait if it is governed by two alleles and both are present at a frequency of greater than 1% |
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| Prejudice against a person based on his/her racial heritage |
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| Distribution of a trait or allele across geographical space |
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| The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms |
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Meausurement of different aspects of the body
ie. Stature, head, skin color |
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| What term is used in place of subspecies? |
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| Distinct population or variety |
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| Where there is malaria what disorder is adaptive? |
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| How Do humans cope with the environment? |
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Hypoxoa
Vasodilation - heat
vasoconstriction - cold |
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| Difference between adaption and acclimatization? |
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| acclimization is in species lifespan, adaption is over several generations |
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| Body size is larger in colder climates to conserve heat |
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| Limbs of the body are longer relative to body size in warm climates |
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| Example of intersexual selection |
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| peacock feathers, birds song, howler monkey song, colorful bugs |
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| They are distinguished by having hands, handlike feet, and forward-facing eyes, and, with the exception of humans, are typically agile tree-dwellers |
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| An evolutionary increase in the complexity or relative size of the brain |
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| A recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals; heat |
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| having more than one wife at a time |
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| a specialized tail that is able to grasp and hold an object by wrapping around it |
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| Distinct difference in size or appearance between the sexes of an animal |
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| Having jaws that project forward to a marked degree. |
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| hominoid apes that had teeth like modern apes but a skeleton shaped like ancestral monkeys |
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| Characteristics shared by primates |
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Pentadactylism 5 digits
Retention of clavicle
A placenta
Flattened nails not claws
Tactile pads
Prehensile hands and feet
Opposable thumb
Precision grip |
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| Le Gros Clark - adapted to life in the trees |
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| Visual Predation Hypothesis |
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| Cartmill - adapted for visually oriented predation (insects), habitat = terminal branches & understory of forest |
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| doesn't include Tarsiers - Prosimii: tapetum lucidum, grooming claw, post-orbital bar, moist rhinarium, fixed upper lip, unfused mandibular symphysis, dental comb |
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| NEW WORLD Mostly arboreal, side directed nostrils, flat nose prehensile tail, more primitive dental & cranial traits |
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OLD WORLD - apes, humans, old world monkeys
Narrow Septum
2:1:2:3
mostly terrestrial
ischial calosities
large brain to body ratio
larger body |
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Anthropoidea - Catarrhini - Hominoidea -Panidae - Gorilla gorilla
gestation=8.5 months about every 4 years; They practice infanticide; They live in harems; main food source = leaves, bark, shoots, stems, roots, flowers, and fruit, and bugs |
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| How do male chimps establish dominance? |
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| through intimidation, strength, and intelligence, often exhibited in "dominance displays." Such a display often begins with spectacular charging, during which a male hurls himself along the ground, sometimes upright, slapping his hands, stamping with his feet, dragging branches, or hurling rocks |
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Vertical clinging and leaping: Lemurs
Arboreal Quadrapeds: new world monkeys
Terrestrial Quadraped: baboon
Semi-Brachiation
Brachiation: orangutan
Knuckle Walking: Gorilla
Bipedalism: Humans |
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| Most primate studies are done in: |
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Live in groups even though main goal is evolutionary success.
WHY?
Access to Mates Food
Avoiding Predators |
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single female, two or more males
ring tailed lemur, marmosets, golden lion tamarin |
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single male, single female
gibbons, siamangs |
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Single male, 2 or more females
(sexual dimorphism)
gorillas, howler monkey, baboon |
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| How is dominance gained in primate social groups? |
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| Threat gesture, mounting, fighting |
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| Crepuscular primates are busy at what time of the day? |
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| Prosimii - Daubentonidea - Daubentonidae - Daubentnoia madagascariensis |
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| Prosimii - Lemuridea - Lemuidea - Lemur Catta |
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| Prosimii - Lorisoidea - Loridae - Loris tardigradus |
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| Anthropoidea - Platyrrhini - Cebidae - Alouatta seniculus |
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| Anthropoidea - Platyrrhini - Callitrichidae - Lentopithecus rosalia |
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| Anthropoidea - Cercopithecoidea - Cercopithecidae - Macaca fuscata fuscata |
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| Anthropoidea - Cercopithecoidea - Cercopithecoidae - Papio anubis |
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| Anthropidea - Cercopithecoidea - Cercopithecoidae - Mandarillas sphynx |
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| Anthropoidea - Hominoidea - Hylobatidae - Hylobates lar |
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| Anthropoidea - Hominoidea - Pongidae - Pongo Pygmaeus |
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| the study of decaying organisms over time and how they become fossilized |
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| the study of prehistoric life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments |
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| atoms of elements with different numbers of neutrons |
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| the period of time it takes for the amount of a substance undergoing decay to decrease by half |
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| the preserved remains or traces of animals (also known as zoolites), plants, and other organisms |
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| Most likely to be fossilized? |
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| PRINCIPLE OF ORIGINAL HORIZONTALITY |
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| layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity |
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| The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object |
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| PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION |
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| the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest |
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| PRINCIPLE OF FAUNAL SUCCESSION |
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| sedimentary rock strata contain fossilized flora and fauna, and that these fossils succeed each other vertically in a specific, reliable order that can be identified over wide horizontal distances |
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| We live in? (time periods) |
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EON: Phanerozoic.
ERA: Cenozoic
PERIOD: Quaternary
EPOCH: Holocene |
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| is usually based on the physical or chemical properties of the materials of artifacts, buildings, or other items that have been modified by humans. |
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| determines the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining their absolute age. |
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| method used for dating volcanic deposits? |
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| Which epoch do the first true primates arise? |
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| Which epoch do the higher primates arise? |
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