Dr. David Webb                                                                                                           DF 26

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Anthropology 273:  Primatology

 

 

Objectives:

To introduce the student to the order Primates, which includes humans and our relatives.  To familiarize the student with the evolution, anatomy and behavior of modern primates, and how they are both similar to and different from us.

 

Recommended Text:  Rowe, Noel, The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates, Pagonias Press, Charlestown, RI, 1996.

 

                           

 

 

Outline:

I.  What are primates?

A.  Primate Taxonomy

1.  Strepsirhini

a.  Lemuriformes

b.  Lorisiformes

2.  Haplorhini

a.  Tarsioidea

b.  Anthropoidea

i.  Platyrrhini

ii.  Catarrhini

B.  Geographical Distribution

 

II.  Primate Evolution

A.  Basics of Evolution

B.  Early Primates

C.  Strepsirhini

1.  Lemuriformes

2.  Lorisiformes

D.  Haplorhini

1.  Tarsioidea

2.  Anthropoidea

a.  Platyrrhini

b.  Catarrhini

i.  Cercopithecoidea

ii.  Hominoidea

 

III.  Primate Functional Anatomy

A.  Neurology

B.  Locomotion

C.  Diet & Teeth

 

IV.  Primate Behavior & Ecology

A.  Diet & Habitat

B.  Groups

C.  Social Structure

D.  Reproduction

E.  Communication

F.  Cognition

 

Course Requirements:  There will be two non-cumulative, in-class, preliminary examinations, each worth one-fifth of the total grade.  One or two homework assignments will be added to each exam grade.  The final exam will be cumulative but will heavily stress the last third of the course, and it will be worth one-fifth of the total grade.  A book report (about 5 pages) will be due at midterm, and will be worth one-fifth of the total grade.  The last fifth of the total grade will come from a research paper (12-15 pages) dealing with a particular primate.  In addition, a mandatory trip to the Philadelphia Zoo will occur, on a weekend during the semester.

 

 

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