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Primates. Primates. Basically arboreal adaptation. Padded digits w/nails. Binocular vision. Color vision. Order: Primates. Suborder: Anthropoidea. Superfamily: Ceboidea Cercopithecoidea Hominoidea New World Monkeys Old World Monkeys Apes and Humans - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Primates
Basically arboreal adaptation
Binocular vision
Padded digits w/nails
Color vision
Primates
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Ceboidea Cercopithecoidea Hominoidea New World Monkeys Old World Monkeys Apes and Humans
Family: Pongidae Hylobatidae Hominidae Asian Great Apes Small Apes African Great Apes, Humans
Orangutan Gibbon Pan, Gorilla
Genus: Australopithecus
species: robustus, afarensis, africanus
Genus: Homo
species: habilis, erectus, sapiens
Suborder: Anthropoidea
Of all primates, Chimps and Gorillas are most like human beings.
Primates
How much are apes and humans alike?
A lot!
Comparison of Apes and Humans
Skull
Mastoid Processes
Foramen Magnum
Post cranial skeleton - pelvis, foot, femur, articulation of tibia/femur
Bipedalism: The Defining Criterion
Foramen Magnum (toward rear)
Foramen Magnum (tucked underneath)
Chimpanzee Human
Comparison of Apes and Humans
Skull capacity and type of brain
Other significant differences:
General features of skull
Facial Prognathism Pronounced
Minor
Other Skull Features
Pronounced Mid-sagittal crest
No Mid-sagittal crest
No conical mastoid process
Conical Mastoid Process
Pronounced Supraorbital torus
No Pronounced Supraorbital torus
Skull capacity:
Human 1500cc
Gorilla 500cc
Type of brain:Human brain has much larger cerebral cortex
Type of brain:
