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Prehistoric Primates

Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates (class handout .pdf)

Class Slides Set #12A -- Introduction to Primates

  The Primates -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)

Your Life as a Gorilla (Gorilla personality test) -- Alan Green

In the News . . .

(Anthropology World News, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M)

  • Primate Fossil 'Not an Ancestor' - BBC News (2009-10-21)
  •      1 - Lemur Fossil Casts Doubt on Missing Link Claims - Telegraph (2009-10-22)
         2 - The Missing Link -- Not - ABC News (2009-10-21)
         3 - Fossil find sparks debate on primate origins - Science News (2009-10-21)
         4 - New Primate Fossil Poses Further Challenge to Ida - Science (2009-10-21)
         5 - 'Missing Link' Primate Fossil Debunked - Discovery News (2009-10-21)
         6 - ‘Missing link’ primate isn’t a link after all - MSNBC (2009-10-21)
         7 - 'Missing link' Ida lacks evolutionary insights - New Scientist (2009-10-21)
         8 - Fossil Skeleton Known as Ida Is No Ancestor of Humans - New York Times (2009-10-22)

     

    Primates--Contemporary

    Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates (class handout .pdf)

    Understanding Humans, 10th Ed. diagram p. 129

    prosimians
    ("Pre-Monkeys")
      lemurs
    lorises
    tarsiers
     
           
    monkeys New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) all New World monkeys  
      Old World monkeys all Old World monkeys  
           
    apes "lesser apes" (Hylobatidae) gibbons and siamangs  
      great apes (Pongidae) orangutans  
        gorillas Western Lowland
    Cross River
    Mountain
    Eastern Lowland
        chimpanzees common chimps
    bonobos
    ("Pygmy Chimps")
           
    humans (Hominidae) Homo  
           


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    (Class Slides Set #12B ) -- Primates: Prosimians

    Prosimians: Part I -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)

    Prosimians: Part II -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)

    Lemur

    In the News . . .

    Lemurs Butchered in Madagascar -- BBC News (20 August 2009)

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    Aye-Aye

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    Loris

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    Tarsier

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    Monkeys


    Class Slides Set #12C -- Primates: Monkeys

    Monkeys -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)


    In the News . . .

    Monkey Drumming Suggests the Origin of Music -- LiveScience (16 October 2009-16)

    Monkey Mothers 'Coo' Over Babies -- BBC News (08 October 2009)

    Grieving Monkeys Drink Own Milk -- BBC News (05 October 2009)

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    • Monkeys -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)

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    New World Monkey (Platyrrhine)
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    Old World Monkey (Catarrhine)

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    Apes

    Class Slides Set #12D -- Primates: Apes
    Class Slides Set #14 -- A Closer Look at the Great Apes

    Apes -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)


    Noted Environmentalist Urges Immediate Action
    to Save World’s Great Apes
    -- The Scout Report

    Your Life as a Gorilla (Gorilla personality test) -- Alan Green

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    "Lesser Apes" (Hylobates)

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    "Great Apes" (Pongids)

    Class Slides Set #14 -- A Closer Look at the Great Apes

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    Humans (Homo)

    Humans -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)

     

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