Chapter 6: Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates
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- CHAPTER 6 BIOLOGY IN THE PRESENT: THE OTHER LIVING PRIMATES
- BIG QUESTIONS
- What Is a Primate?
- Arboreal Adaptation - Primates Live in Trees and Are Good at It
- Primates Have a Versatile Skeletal Structure
- Primates Have an Enhanced Sense of Touch
- Primates Have an Enhanced Sense of Vision
- Primates Have a Reduced Reliance on Senses of Smell and Hearing
- Dietary Plasticity - Primates Eat a Highly Varied Diet, and Their Teeth Refl ect This Adaptive Versatility
- Primates Have Retained Primitive Characteristics in Their Teeth
- Primates Have a Reduced Number of Teeth
- CONCEPT CHECK: What Makes Primates Good at Living in Trees?
- Primates Have Evolved Different Dental Specializations and Functional Emphases
- CONCEPT CHECK: What Gives Primates Their Dietary Flexibility?
- Parental Investment - Primate Parents Provide Prolonged Care for Fewer but Smarter, More Socially Complex, and Longer-Lived Offspring
- What Are the Kinds of Primates?
- Add Hominin?: Genetic vs. Anatomical Classifi cation
- Prosimans: The Lesser Primates
- Anthropoids: The Higher Primates
- ANTHROPOLOGY MATTERS: Primates in Peril: Miss Waldron's Red Colobus Monkey
- CONCEPT CHECK: Prosimians and Anthropoids Differ in Their Anatomy and Senses
- Primate Societies: Diverse, Complex, Long-Lasting
- Diversity of Primate Societies
- Primate Social Behavior: Enhancing Survival and Reproduction
- Primate Residence Patterns
- Primate Reproductive Strategies: Males' Differ from Females'
- CONCEPT CHECK: Male and Female Reproductive Strategies
- The Other Side of Competition: Cooperation in Primates
- HOW DO WE KNOW?: Chimpanzee Predators: A Model for Origins of Human Hunting
- Getting Food: Everybody Needs It, but the Burden Is on Mom
- Acquiring Resources and Transmitting Knowledge: Got Culture?
- ANSWERING THE BIG QUESTIONS
- Key Terms
- Additional Readings
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