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Wichita State University Name: __Nicole Silvers_____ ANTH 106 Spring 2020 Tuesday/Thursday Instructor: Buchanan-Burke OBJECTIVES: • Reinforce your knowledge of teeth and cranial bones of nonhum... an specimens. • Learn about primate dental morphology and its relationship to diet. KEY TERMS: strepsirrhine, haplorrhine, platyrrhine, catarrhine, cercopithecoid, hominoid, hominin, enamel, cementum, dentine, crown, neck, root, occlusal, cusps, crests SECTION 1: Modern Primates The primate clade is comprised of a number of major groups that differ from one another genetically and in physical features, including a number of osteological and dental characteristics. In this lab, we examine some of these features in the skulls of a variety of primate taxa. The first step in understanding the differences between humans and other primates is to understand how modern primates relate to each other. The following is a cladogram of primate relationships. [Show More]

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