Chapter 6 An Overview of the Primates

Key Terms

adaptive niche	p. 104	Macaques	p. 108
Anthropoloids	p. 99	Midline	p. 105
Arboreal	p. 104	Morphology	p. 105
Arboreal Hypothesis	p. 104	Natal group	p. 122
Binocular vision	p. 102	Neo-cortex	p. 103
Brachiation	p. 109	Nocturnal	p. 101
Cercopithecidae	p. 117	Noncoding DNA	p. 111
Cercopithecines	p. 117	Omnivorous	p. 101
Coding DNA	p. 111	Prehensility	p. 100
Colobines	p. 117	Primatologists	p. 100
Cusps	p. 105	Prosimians	p. 99
Diurnal	p. 101	Quadrupedal	p. 108
Estrus	p. 119	Rhinarium	p. 112
Frugivorous	p. 120	Sensory modalities	p. 103
Hemispheres	p. 102	Sexual dimorphism	p. 119
Intelligence	p. 125	Specialized	p. 100
Ischial callosities	p. 119	Stereoscopic vision	p. 102

Suggested Internet Exercises

@ Visit web site http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/ Click on the “AV Resources” button on the left. Listen to numerous primate vocalizations (the gibbon “songs” and howler “howls” are particularly cool).

@ Go online to the Jane Goodall institute (http://www.janegoodall.org) and follow the link to “chimpanzee central.” Click the link for chimpanzee conservation and read about the threats facing wild chimpanzees.