Exam 9: Primate Origins and Evolution: the First 50 Million Years

Which anatomical feature would you expect to find in the fossil remains of a nocturnal species?

Which Eocene organisms had clear primate characteristics like a postorbital bar, opposable thumbs, nails, and a large brain?

Canadian primate paleontologist David Begun proposes that climate changes in Europe prompted late Miocene apes to

Two genera of propliopithecids include

Apes went extinct in southern Europe (including France, Spain, Italy, and Greece) during the late Miocene, probably as a result of

The calcaneus (heel bone) of Eosimias suggests that it may be a very primitive

Khoratpithecus has been proposed as the

Euprimates represent the first true

The visual predation hypothesis proposes that

The Fayum depression has yielded fossils of

Paleocene organisms that may have been the first primates were

During the Miocene epoch of the Cenozoic era, there was an adaptive radiation of which kind of primate?

Which of the following species of early primates had the MOST biological diversity?

Like that of Dryopithecus, a modern gorilla mandible has

The space between the canine and the first premolar in the lower jaw of some primates is a(n)

If you are examining the fossil remains of the genus Dryopithecus, they are MOST likely from where?

The MOST distinctive feature of ape dentition, which clearly distinguishes apes from Old World monkeys, is

A difference between Miocene apes and modern apes is the

A rapid temperature increase about 55 mya created tropical conditions around the world, resulting in the

Which genus is considered the ancestor to adapids and omomyids?