1. Los Angeles Zoo Interdisciplinary Primate Research Project
Ms. E. Ohanian
San Fernando High School
Spring 2017

2. Table of Contents Introduction: What are Primates?
Primate Taxonomic Classification
Primate Hands Family Tree
Prosimians
New World Monkeys
Old World Monkeys
Apes
Theory of Evolution: Charles Darwin
Field Research: Jane Goodall
Pictures of Primates at the Zoo

3. Introduction: What are Primates?
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4. Primate Taxonomic Classification

5. Primate Hands Family Tree

6. Prosimians
Lemur
Loris
Galago
Tarsier
Tree Shrew

7. Example of a Prosimian: (name)
Common Name:
Genus + species:
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Distribution:

8. Example of a Prosimian: (name) (continued)
Habitat:
Social Organization:
Conservation Status:
Diet:

9. New World Monkey (NWM) Muriqui Uakari Capuchin Squirrel Monkey
Howler Monkey
Spider Monkey
Golden Lion Tamarin
Marmoset
Callithnx
Atelidae
Mico

10. Example of a New World Monkey: (name)
Common Name:
Genus + species:
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Distribution:

11. Example of a New World Monkey: (name) (continued)
Habitat:
Social Organization:
Conservation Status:
Diet:

12. Old World Monkey (OWM) Mandrill Baboon Macaque Guenon Langur Colobus
Gelada
Douc
Mangabey
Grivet
Drill
Simia
Kipunji

13. Example of an Old World Monkey: (name)
Common Name:
Genus + species:
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Distribution:

14. Example of an Old World Monkey: (name) (continued)
Habitat:
Social Organization:
Conservation Status:
Diet:

15. Apes “Lesser” Apes Gibbon Siamang Great Apes Bonobo Orangutan Gorilla
Chimpanzee

16. Example of an Ape: (name)
Common Name:
Genus + species:
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Distribution:

17. Example of an Ape: (name) (continued)
Habitat:
Social Organization:
Conservation Status:
Diet:

18. Theory of Evolution: Charles Darwin
Natural Selection
Evolution
“Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.” Charles Darwin

19. Theory of Evolution: Charles Darwin (continued)
“As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected. From the strong principle of inheritance, any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form.” -Charles Darwin
“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” -Charles Darwin

20. Theory of Evolution: Charles Darwin (continued)
Naturalist, geologist, and biologist
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21. Theory of Evolution: Charles Darwin (continued)
Resources:
The Origin of Species

22. Field Research: Jane Goodall
55-year study of family and social interactions of chimpanzees in the wild
“Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.” - Jane Goodall

23. Field Research: Jane Goodall (continued)
Primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist
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24. Field Research: Jane Goodall (continued)
Resources:
Jane Goodall’s Study of Chimpanzees
TED Talk (Jane Goodall): What Separates Us from Chimpanzees
The Jane Goodall Institute

25. Pictures of Primates at the Zoo

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