Primates

between groups

within a group

Lemurs and Lorises, mois hairless pads on nose, dental combs

Tarsiers, monkeys, apes, humans

New world monkeys, marmosets and tamarins, sideways facing nostrils, three premolars

Old world monkeys, apes and humans, downward facing nostrils, two premolars

Only haplorine without post orbital closure

Monkeys, apes, humans

Old world monkeys except humans and apes

Apes and humans

Great apes, humans

Humans and their immediate ancestors

Most prolific tool users

Lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs)

Eats tree sap and gum

Living in trees

earliest recognizes stone tool culture

referring to the measurement of time

most complete early primate fossil

Earliest known primates

study of rock layer to dermine age

Chronometric and Radiometric dating

Paleomagnetism, chemical techniques

Humans, bonobos, chimpanzees

upper canine rubs against lower first premolar, sharpening function

only known skeletal trait shared by all primates

multiple males and females in a group, frequently breaking apart and regrouping

One female, several males

Polygyny

Less offspring, more energy devoted to individual offspring

More offspring, less energy devoted to individual offspring

a pattern of evolution in which the rate of evolution in one functional system varies from that in other systems

Group consisting of a female, her daughters, and their offspring

Bumps on chewing surface of premolars and molars