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: PongidaeHylobatidaeHominidae 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)

ChimpanzeeHuman

Comparison of Apes and Humans Skull capacity and type of brain Other significant differences: General features of skull

Facial Prognathism PronouncedMinor

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

Chimpanzee Behavior Of all the apes, chimps are most like us in all ways….physically and behaviorally. Of the various chimpanzees, Bonobos are most like us. Watch this video clip featuring primatologist Susan Savage- Rumbaugh talking on: Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man.Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man