Question 1

What are the eras of ancient, middle, and recent life, respectively?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic 
B)  Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian 
C)  Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary 
D)  Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic 
E)  Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Recent 
A)  Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic 
B)  Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian 
C)  Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary 
D)  Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic 
E)  Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Recent

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the Oligocene epoch is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hominins first appeared during this epoch. 
B)  It belongs to the Tertiary period. 
C)  It was a time of major geological and climatic change. 
D)  This period dates to 34-23 m.y.a. 
E)  Most of what we know about primates from this period comes from fossils found in the Fayum. 
A)  Hominins first appeared during this epoch. 
B)  It belongs to the Tertiary period. 
C)  It was a time of major geological and climatic change. 
D)  This period dates to 34-23 m.y.a. 
E)  Most of what we know about primates from this period comes from fossils found in the Fayum.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a hominoid?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  orangutan 
C)  siamang 
D)  lemur 
E)  gibbon 
A)  Homo sapiens 
B)  orangutan 
C)  siamang 
D)  lemur 
E)  gibbon

Question 4

Humans and apes belong to the same taxonomic superfamily, Hominoidea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT considered an anthropoid trend?

Accepted Answer

A)  an increase in hearing capacity at the expense of color vision 
B)  a decrease in litter size 
C)  an increase of cranial capacity relative to body size 
D)  the evolution of a complicated visual system 
E)  a shift from a moist muzzle and tactile hairs to fingers as the primary organs of touch 
A)  an increase in hearing capacity at the expense of color vision 
B)  a decrease in litter size 
C)  an increase of cranial capacity relative to body size 
D)  the evolution of a complicated visual system 
E)  a shift from a moist muzzle and tactile hairs to fingers as the primary organs of touch

Question 6

Which of the following primates is arboreal, active during the day, and has a prehensile tail?

Accepted Answer

A)  Old World monkey 
B)  prosimian 
C)  gibbon 
D)  New World monkey 
E)  extinct 
A)  Old World monkey 
B)  prosimian 
C)  gibbon 
D)  New World monkey 
E)  extinct

Question 7

Platyrrhines are to catarrhines as

Accepted Answer

A)  brachiators are to nonbrachiators. 
B)  terrestrial is to arboreal. 
C)  prosimians are to anthropoids. 
D)  Old World monkeys are to New World monkeys. 
E)  New World monkeys are to Old World monkeys. 
A)  brachiators are to nonbrachiators. 
B)  terrestrial is to arboreal. 
C)  prosimians are to anthropoids. 
D)  Old World monkeys are to New World monkeys. 
E)  New World monkeys are to Old World monkeys.

Question 8

Analogies are similarities that are shared by organisms that belong to the same genus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What are the eras of ancient, middle, and recent life, respectively?

Which of the following statements about the Oligocene epoch is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT a hominoid?

Humans and apes belong to the same taxonomic superfamily, Hominoidea.

Which of the following is NOT considered an anthropoid trend?

Which of the following primates is arboreal, active during the day, and has a prehensile tail?

Platyrrhines are to catarrhines as

Analogies are similarities that are shared by organisms that belong to the same genus.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 5: The Primates

What are the eras of ancient, middle, and recent life, respectively?

Which of the following statements about the Oligocene epoch is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT a hominoid?

Humans and apes belong to the same taxonomic superfamily, Hominoidea.

Which of the following is NOT considered an anthropoid trend?

Which of the following primates is arboreal, active during the day, and has a prehensile tail?

Platyrrhines are to catarrhines as

Analogies are similarities that are shared by organisms that belong to the same genus.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters