Primate Diversity
istinguishing traits of haplorrhines (relative to strepsirrhines)
now the five families of New World primates, the notable features of each, and where each fits in
the primate taxonomy
now the three catarrhine families and two subfamilies of Old World monkeys, what distinguishes
them from other primates, notable features, distribution, place in primate taxonomy
now each of the ape groups, lesser apes, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos, what
distinguishes them from other primates, notable features, distribution, place in primate taxonomy
Primate Ecology
asic dietary needs of primates
iet types: What each is and relation to body size
Primate Social Behavior
5 types of social organization
ifference between proximate and ultimate causes of behavior
dvantages and disadvantages of group living
rimate defenses against predation
now how chimpanzee and bonobo social systems vary
enefits of friendship for primates
Primate Reproductive Strategies
hat does ôrategy-ean
ow does mammalian anatomy influence mating systems in primates
imiting factors for reproduction for males and females
asic reproductive strategies of female primates, how each increases reproductive success
hy females would conceal or advertise ovulation
eproductive tradeoff females face

ale/male competition types by mating system and traits that result from each type of competition

ating strategies of unflanged and flanged male orangutans
oalitions, alliances, and male friendships with females
o When they happen, how do they benefit males or females (in the case of friendships)
hen and why do males commit infanticide
ruce effect in geladas
onditions that make it likely that males will invest in their offspring
ooperative breeding system of marmosets and tamarins
Cooperation
amiltonàrule and how altruism may have evolved
Primate Origins
asic types of dating discussed and difference between relative and absolute methods
nderstand different models for the origin of primates (arboreal, terminal branch, etc.), which has
more support
raits of plediadapiforms, adapids, omomyids, parapithecids, propliopithecids, and oligopithecids,
morotopithecus and proconsul
Lecture 1
What is science?
—hat are the misconceptions about science, and why are they not
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—hat is a theory?
Definition of evolution
What are the misconceptions about evolution, and why are they not
ˆow did views of creation/evolution/the earth change in the 17th and
true?
true?
18th centuries?
Lecture 2
Who was Charles Darwin?
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—hat are adaptations?
Postulates of natural selection
Stabilizing selection
How complex traits can evolve
Sexual selection
Types and traits females may be attracted to
What is artificial selection?
Lecture 3
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Sexual selection ypes and traits females may be attracted to
What is artificial selection?
Gregor Medal and what he did
Understand genotype, phenotype, recessive, dominant, heterozygous, and
homozygous
What chromosomes are and how they are passed to offspring
Mitosis and meiosis, and the outcome of each
Know what possible offspring different matings could produce (given the
parents’enotypes, know what offspring could be created)
Understand recombination, when it happens, what the effects are
Lecture 4
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Understand recombination, when it happens, what the effects are
DNA
Replication, how it is used to create proteins, how transcription and
translation work
Know what a gene is
Know what mitochondrial DNA is
Mutations
What they are, how they can be passed to future generations, why they may
or may not have an effect on the phenotype
Know what polygenic and pleiotropy mean
Lecture 5
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What is population genetics?
How to calculate allele frequencies and determine if evolution has
occurred
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How naturalselection can alter behavior
Understand each of the 4.5 forces of evolution, what causes them,
and whether they increase or decrease variation
—hat constraints/limits are there on evolution
Lecture 6
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Œecture 7
What is a species?
Biological and ecological species concepts and how they differ
How do new species evolve?
Understand allopatric, parapatric, and sympatric speciation, and adaptive
radiation
Why do we classify organisms?
What is phylogenetics?
Know how to read and construct cladograms
Know what homology and convergence are
Know what ancestral and derived traits are
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—hat is phylogenetics?
Know how to read and construct cladograms
Know what homology and convergence are
Know what ancestral and derived traits are
Why study primates
Know the traits of mammals
Understand each primate trait discussed, and why they might have
Evolved
Lecture 8
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Understand each primate trait discussed, and why they might have evolved
Know major primate groups, their distinguishing features, and where they are
found
Strepsirrhines, Haplorrhines
Lemuriformes, lorisiformes, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World
monkeys and apes
Know the notable features of each Strepsirrhine family and where they fit in
the primate taxonomy
You don’t need to know the scientific name of the family, but you should be
able to identify them based on the common name of the species in each
Lecture 9
‹now the notable features of each Strepsirrhine family and where
they fit in the primate taxonomy
™ou don’t need to know the scientific name of the family, but you should be
able to identify them based on the common name of the species in each
‹now the notable features of tarsiers, and where they fit in the
primate taxonomy
Lecture 10
‹now the notable features of tarsiers, and where they fit in the
primate taxonomy

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