Bi4290 Primatology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 14:00–16:50 Bp1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Characteristics of Mammals and the origin of Primates. Elements of paleoprimatology. Major trends in Primate morphology, ecology and behaviour, including cultural trends. General patterns of recent Primates, their habitats, locomotion, social organization and life strategies. Systematic review of fossil and living Primates. Prosimians: Plesiadapoidea, Adapoidea, Lemuroidea, Lorisoidea, Tarsioidea. Anthropoids (non-human): Ceboidea, Parapithecoidea, Cercopithecoidea, Hominoidea.
Syllabus
  • Classification of the genus Homo within the animal kingdom, Linné, Darwin, Huxley. Present status of the families Pongidae and Hominidae. Phylogenetic (cladistic) classification, how broad can the mammalian clade be. Placental mammals, Archonta, attempts at defining the order of Primates. Synapsid origin of mammals, their early mesozoic evolution, Pantotheria, Eupantotheria, Eutheria, cretaceous mammals and the first primate-like placentals. Visual predation hypothesis. Primate phylogeny: paleocene, eocene, oligocene, Plesiadapoidea, Adapoidea, Tarsioidea. The appearance of first Anthropoidea, Platyrrhini, Catarrhini, Parapithecoidea, early Hominoidea. Primates in miocene and pliocene, Lemuroidea, Lorisoidea, Parapithecoidea and Cercopithecoidea, the boom of Hominoidea. Survey of recent primates: Strepsirhini, Madagaskar prosimians, African and Asiatic prosimians. Haplorhini, tarsiers, American monkeys (Ceboidea) and monkeys in Africa and Asia. Gibbons and the great apes. Locomotion and selected behaviour systems and patterns of free living primates. The importance, endangerment and conservation of primates. Suggestions to practical training: primate skulls and skins, video films, trip to the zoo. Selected bibliography.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednášky a cvičenou blokovou formou. Zakončeno zkouškou.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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