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primate group ( (Haplorhines “dry- nosed” primates. (anthropoids "…

- - - - Small,
        
        Nocturnal
        
        Large eyes.
        
        Has the ability to rotate its head 180 degrees
    - - New World monkeys
        
        prehensile tail
      - Old World monkeys
        
        Noses tend to be narrower and their
        
        Bodies are usually larger.
        
        Spend more time on the ground.
        
        None have prehensile tails,
        
        Some have no tails.
        
        Most have opposable digits.
      - hominoid
        (apes+humans)
        
        apes
        
        large brain
        
        longer arms than legs
        
        barrel-shaped chests,
        
        no tails, and
        
        flexible wrists.
        
        have complex vocalizations.
        
        Great apes
        
        Orangutans: the largest arboreal primates
        
        Gorillas: the largest of the primates.
        
        Chimpanzees and bonobos: body positions and gestures, and social behavior
        
        Humans: classified in a separate subcategory of hominids called hominins.
        
        walk on either two or four legs
        
        Lesser apes
        
        generally move by brachiation.
        EX. gibbon
        
        hominine:
        
        bipedal
        
        fully upright stance
        
        shortened arms
        
        restructured pelvic bones and foot bones
        
        change in the position of the head on the spinal cord.
        
        Australopithecines
        
        small
        
        apelike brains and jaws.
        
        teeth and limb joints were humanlike.
        
        Homo
        
        bigger brains
        
        lighter skeletons
        
        flatter faces
        
        smaller teeth
        
        Homo habilis "handy man” :
        used stone tools
        
        Homo ergaster: migrated
        
        Homo erectus: used fire
        includes “Java Man”and “Peking Man,”
        
        Homo floresiensis—” The Hobbit”
        
        Homo heidelbergensis—“mosaic” traits
        
        Homo sapiens
        
        Homo neanderthalensis
        
        Paranthropus