Primatology

Year
1

Academic year
2019-2020

Code
01002156

Subject Area
Biological Anthropology

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

None.

Teaching Methods

The lectures are taught with audiovisual media. These include powerpoints and discussion of documentaries about the analyzed topics.
In the practical classes documentaries on selected non-human primates are viewed in order to discuss the main biological parameters, including morphological, geographical, behavioral, among others.

Learning Outcomes

This course is considered the evolutionary history of the primates in perspective of contextualization the evolution of man.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

Primatology. The living primates. General characterization and geographic distribution.

Systematics and classification.

The objectives of Primatology.

The life of primates: diet, habitat, locomotion and sexual dimorphism.

The social life of primates: organization of some primate societies.

The prosimians. The New and Old World Monkeys. Hominoids.

Paleoprimatology.

Notion of geologic time. Notions of taphonomy. Dating methods. The evolutionary history of the primates of the Eocene to Miocene.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Maria Gama da Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 40.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

Fleagle, J. 1998. Primate evolution and adaptation. NY Academic Press.

Falk,D.2000. Primate diversity. NY. Norton & Company