Anthro 1 Poem/Song Hall of Fame, Part 2, Fall 2014 Jack Thongcharoenkiat Haikus Faunivores eat bugs. Tarsiiformes, light and nimble, Pounce not once but twice. Misfits of nature, Neither lemurs nor monkeys, They must be themselves. Nocturnal hunters, They feed on bugs and lizards Concealed by the night. With grooming claws alone They allogroom -- not with teeth, But with reaching claws. Nathan Luong Evoluon Evoluon is Happening at the present, Whether big or small. Alteraon in Allele frequencies causes Microevoluon. Darwin theorized The fiest will be alive; Reproducon thrives. Mutaon raises Variaon in gene pools, For good or for bad. Traveling causes Introducon of new gene; This is called gene flow. Genec driſt shrinks Variaon because of Sampling errors. Nonrandom mang Only occurs in humans; Culture regulates. Dylan Zarate True Language “Can you find apple?” You reach for the lexigram. It’s arbitrary. Apple: triangle. You grasp meaningful units, Symbols: lexicon. Grammar’s important. “Put soap in the Perrier.” Word combinations. “Take the vacuum out.” You understand displacement, Not just here and now. A smart bonobo. That’s what you are, a great ape. Your name is Kanzi. Nirelle Alarcon What Are We? What do we look like? It’s hard to tell. We’ll give you a hint: we’ve a good sense of smell. Our eyes are adapted quite well for sight. This means we’re primates who like to come out at night. We use grooming claws to clean our hair, But we also have dental combs to help us take care. Where do we live? Madagascar, of course! We’re not sure how we got here, or our transportation source. On an island, across the seas, We are protected from apes and monkeys. What do we eat? A variety of foods. We are omnivores; it depends on our moods. One last hint to help you see: To mark our territory, we scent-mark trees. What are we? Do you still want to guess? We are Lemuriformes. Study us for the test!