Question 1

What phenomenon does continental drift explain?

Accepted Answer

A)   different climates in the past
B)   much larger animals in the past
C)   greater biodiversity in the present
D)   greater specialization in the present

Question 2

Although it was a hominoid,in what way was Proconsul unlike any living ape?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was primarily an arboreal quadruped.
B)   It had a tail.
C)   It was nocturnal.
D)   It had a mostly solitary lifestyle.

Question 3

List and explain the key traits that are characteristic of the order Primates.

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Question 4

The propliopithecids are most like __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   orangutans
B)   rhesus monkeys
C)   squirrel monkeys
D)   ring-tailed lemurs

Question 5

Because of its facial and other skeletal features,Sivapithecus is believed to be __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   ancestral to modern orangutans
B)   ancestral to modern humans
C)   closely related to the old world monkeys
D)   closely related to the prosimians

Question 6

Which of these features is characteristic of New World monkeys?

Accepted Answer

A)   three premolars
B)   terrestrial
C)   solitary
D)   carnivorous

Question 7

How do primates differ from other mammals?

Accepted Answer

A)   There is a set of physical traits that, as a group, are unique to the primates.
B)   Primates have a number of traits that are not found in other mammal groups.
C)   There is no way to distinguish a primate from other orders of mammals.
D)   Primates have fewer distinguishing features than other orders of mammals.

Question 8

All primates have prehensile __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   hands
B)   tails
C)   feet
D)   elbows

Question 9

Which of the following traits do most primates share?

Accepted Answer

A)   two bones in the lower portion of the forelimbs
B)   cold-blooded
C)   short infant dependency period
D)   monoscopic vision

Question 10

With whom do social relationships begin for all primates?

Accepted Answer

A)   the mother
B)   the father
C)   siblings
D)   cousins

Question 11

When did the hominoids first appear?

Accepted Answer

A)   Miocene
B)   Eocene
C)   Oligocene
D)   Holocene

Question 12

Compare and contrast the arboreal theory with the visual predation theory for the emergence of the first primates.

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Question 13

Which recently discovered species is providing a glimpse into the poorly understood period of hominoid evolution?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sahelanthropus tchadensis
B)   Homo floresiensis
C)   Homo sapiens
D)   Paranthrobus robustus

Question 14

Which of the following is absent among hominoids?

Accepted Answer

A)   a tail
B)   thumbs
C)   forward-facing eyes
D)   toenails

Question 15

What might explain the fact that hominins are completely terrestrial?

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural advances such as weapons or fire may have eliminated the need for nightly shelter in trees
B)   hominins, unlike other primates, have no natural predators and thus no need to seek protected sleeping sites
C)   hominins lost the anatomical adaptations required to allow them to climb trees
D)   hominins are simply too large to move safely through the trees A

Question 16

Which of these animals could be described as quadrupedal?

Accepted Answer

A)   horse
B)   chicken
C)   human
D)   snake

Question 17

The oldest definite primates,adapids and omomyids,are classified as early __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   prosimians
B)   hominins
C)   cercopithecines
D)   anthropoids

Question 18

Why are we so unsure about the adaptations of the earliest primates?

Accepted Answer

A)   We still have very little fossil evidence of these animals.
B)   The diversity of primates is too big to study the animals efficiently.
C)   The animals were wiped out suddenly in an environmental catastrophe.
D)   The fossil remains are nearly identical to the skeletons of modern primates.

Question 19

Why do most scholars classify Aegyptopithecus as a primitive catarrhine?

Accepted Answer

A)   While the skull has some apelike characteristics, most of the skeleton is monkeylike.
B)   Aegyptopithecus had cheek pouches and ischial callosities like some modern catarrhines.
C)   The skeleton of Aegyptopithecus looks remarkably like that of a modern baboon.
D)   There is evidence of a prehensile tail, which is only found in catarrhines. A

Question 20

The traditional explanation for the emergence of primates relates to an adaptation for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   tree living
B)   life in the savannah
C)   toolmaking
D)   nocturnal activity A

Exam 5: Primates: Past and Present

What phenomenon does continental drift explain?

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Although it was a hominoid,in what way was Proconsul unlike any living ape?

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List and explain the key traits that are characteristic of the order Primates.

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The propliopithecids are most like __________.

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Because of its facial and other skeletal features,Sivapithecus is believed to be __________.

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Which of these features is characteristic of New World monkeys?

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How do primates differ from other mammals?

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All primates have prehensile __________.

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Which of the following traits do most primates share?

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With whom do social relationships begin for all primates?

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When did the hominoids first appear?

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Compare and contrast the arboreal theory with the visual predation theory for the emergence of the first primates.

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Which recently discovered species is providing a glimpse into the poorly understood period of hominoid evolution?

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Which of the following is absent among hominoids?

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What might explain the fact that hominins are completely terrestrial?

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Which of these animals could be described as quadrupedal?

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The oldest definite primates,adapids and omomyids,are classified as early __________.

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Why are we so unsure about the adaptations of the earliest primates?

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Why do most scholars classify Aegyptopithecus as a primitive catarrhine?

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