2. Adaptations of Primates
Opposable Thumbs
Practice Exercise: Write your name with your pencil without the use of your thumb. Also, try and tie your shoe and get something out of your wallet or purse.

3. Adaptations of Primates
Grasping Hands
Practice Exercise: Think of all of the things you could not do without your independently moving fingers.

4. Adaptations of Primates

5. Adaptations of Primates
Binocular Vision
Practice Exercise:
Determine your field of vision with your arms spread wide.
Test your binocular vision using a pencil and a partner.

6. The Primate Family Tree

8. Groups of Primates

9. Prosimians Why? What do you notice about their eyes? Loris Aye-Aye
Lemur
Why?

10. Tarsier – From Southeast Asia
Tarsiers
A branch by themselves, more closely related to Old & New World Monkeys than Prosimians
Tarsier – From Southeast Asia

11. New World Monkeys Found in South and Central America Spider Monkey
Howler Monkey
Notice the functioning tail.

12. Old World Monkeys Found in Africa and Asia Baboons
What are the TWO main differences between new and old world monkeys?

13. Apes
Gibbons
From Asia

14. Apes
Orangutangs
From Asia

15. Apes
Gorillas
From Africa

16. Apes
Bonobos
From Africa

17. Apes
Chimpanzees
From Africa

18. All of this evolution lead to us!!!

19. The End!