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1
Q

classiffy

A

haplor–> anthropoidea–> catar

2
Q

sub groups

A

large apes and small apes

3
Q

large apes

A
humans
orangutans
gorillas
chimps
bonobo
4
Q

small apes

A

gibbons

5
Q

other name

A

hominoidea

6
Q

hominidae

A

great (large) apes

7
Q

hylobatida

A

gibbons (hylobates; small apes)

8
Q

Homo?

A

humans

9
Q

pan?

A

chimps

10
Q

pongo?

A

orangutans

11
Q

gorillini?

A

gorillaa

12
Q

aspects of small apes

A

weight less than 12 kg

gibbons and siamangs (black gibbon)

13
Q

location of small apes

A
  • indonesia, thailand, malaysia

- india, china

14
Q

large ape weight range

A

30-100 kg

15
Q

location of oranguatans

A

boreno and sumatra

16
Q

special feature of apes?

A

no tails!

17
Q

GORILLA LOCOMOTION

A

knuckle walkers

quadrupedalism

18
Q

gibbon locomotion

A

suspensory locomotion and brarchiation (true brachiators as dont use tail)
quadromaneous climbers

19
Q

humans

A

bipedalism

20
Q

chimps

A

bipedalism
quadrupedalism
knuckle walking

21
Q

chimp location

A
Equatuatorial africa 
southern senegal
Congo
Tanzania
Uganada 
Guinea

(western africa/center)

22
Q

gorilla location

A

central + west-central africa

23
Q

bonobo location

A

central africa (Congo)

24
Q

gibbon location

A

south east asia

25
Q

orangutan location

A

boreno and sumatra (indonesia)

26
Q

sexual biology: gibbons?

A

sexual monomorphism (1:1 body size)

sometimes have anogenital swellings

medium testes size

long coitius duration (1 m)

monogamous

27
Q

sexual biology: orangutans?

A

sexual dimorphism: (F49%)

no anogenital swellings

small testes size

long coitus duration (10 minutes)

polygynous

28
Q

sexual biology: gorillas?

A

sexual dimorphism (F48%)

no anogenital swellings

small testes size (smallest)

long coitus duration (1.5 minutes)

polygynous system

29
Q

sexual biology: chimps and bonobos?

A

some sexual dimorphism (F73%)

yes anogenital swellings

large testes (biggest)

short coitus (7 sec)

polygyandrous

30
Q

sexual biology: humans?

A
some sexual dimorphism (F82%)
no anogenital swellings
medium testes
long coitus (2-10 minutes)
mix of monogamous/polygyandrous systems (but varies as well)
31
Q

gibbon explain

A
southeastern asian brachiators 
dispresed females
overlapping home terriorities
monomorphic skylls 
extended song ability and large throat sacs
mate guarding exists
32
Q

oranguatns special

A

arboreal and disperesed in east asia
some males not large:
two types (dominant cheek headed males and sub-adult ‘arrested development’ males)

33
Q

mating poistions of orangutans

A

hanging from trees or doggy style (ventral-dorsal)

34
Q

gibbbon mating style

A

face to face

35
Q

gorilla mating styles

A

doggy style and missionary posittion

36
Q

gorilla special

A
no food competition (as terrestial herbeavous vegetation)
bachelor pads (homosexual sex)
37
Q

why do chimps need big penises

A

to penetrate female anogenital swelling

competition against other chimps (as its a polygynandrous system)