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| Only applicable to nonhuman species. |
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| Structural similarities shared by species that are acquired by descent from a common ancestor. |
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| Structural similarities shared by a wide array of distantly related species that are inherited from a remote ancestor, such as the number of bones in the forelimb. |
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| Traits that reflect specific evolutionary lineages and can be informative of evolutionary relationships. |
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| Rapid expansion and diversification of groups of organisms into newly available ecological niches. |
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| Tendency towards erect posture. Hands and feet with a high degree of prehensility. Retention of five digits on hands the hands and feet. Generalized dentition. |
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| Adaptation to arboreal environments explain primate characteristics. |
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| Has a locomotor pattern of vertical clinging and leaping. |
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| Arms that are longer than legs, and a short stable lumbar spine. |
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| Only family seen with prehensile tail. |
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| Strepsirhini and Haplorhini |
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| Suborders of order Primates. |
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| Suborder where tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans are placed together. |
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| Differences between the sexes with regard to features such as body size. |
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| Speciation happened rarely and designate relatively few species. |
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| Study of evolution of behavior, emphasizing the role of ecological factors as agents of natural selection. |
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| Requirement of Larger Animals |
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| Fewer calories per unit of weight than smaller animals. |
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| Most common pattern in mammals (including primates) |
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| Predation Pressure is High |
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| Advantages of Multimale-Multifemale primate groups. |
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| Amicable behaviors that promote group cohesion, such as grooming. |
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| Behavior that benefits another while involving some risk to the performer. |
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| In Old World monkeys, the swelling and changes in the color of the skin surrounding the female's genital area. |
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| Species that produce relatively large numbers of offspring and invest little parental care. |
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| Assume most of the responsibility for infant care. |
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| A reproductive strategy by adult males. |
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| Basic Primate Social Unit |
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| Vervet monkey vocalizatins |
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| Are contextually and environmentally specific. |
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| Erect posture. Grasping hands and feet. reliance on vision more than olfaction. Expansion of the neocortex. |
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| Pillars of Morality (Frans de Waal) |
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| Empathy, compassion, reciprocity, fairness. |
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| Grooming, food, sex, protection. |
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| An organism's ability to behaviorally adjust to different situations. |
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| Primates whose primary source of calories comes from leaves. |
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| Primates whose primary source of calories comes from fruits. |
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| Primates whose primary source of calories comes from insects. |
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| Primates who are opportunistic eaters and have a generalized diet. |
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| Japanese Macaques Behavior |
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| Monkeys using stone tools |
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| Ring-Tailed Lemurs Behavior |
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| Surviving anthropogenic change through behavioral plasticity. |
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