Question 1

Which of the following belongs to the distinct great ape lineage in Asia?

Accepted Answer

A) Gigantopithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Pithecantropus 
D) Afropithecus 
E) Robustopithecus 
A) Gigantopithecus 
B) Australopithecus 
C) Pithecantropus 
D) Afropithecus 
E) Robustopithecus

Question 2

After flourishing for more than 8.5 million years, Giganto went extinct during the late Miocene period due to human predation and/or environmental change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

___________ is an extinct family that represents the earliest member of the lineage leading to present-day Old World Monkeys.

Accepted Answer

A) Victoriapithecus 
B) Aegypithecus 
C) Macaca 
D) Proconsul 
E) Changopithecus 
A) Victoriapithecus 
B) Aegypithecus 
C) Macaca 
D) Proconsul 
E) Changopithecus

Question 4

Adapoids are the most primitive of the euprimates as shown by their dental anatomy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The abbreviation LCA stands for "Last Common Ancestor."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Strepsirrhines include tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

During which of the following epochs did the first monkeys, apes, and humanlike creatures (23 to 5.3 mya)appear?

Accepted Answer

A) Holocene 
B) Eocene 
C) Miocene 
D) Paleocene 
E) Pliocene 
A) Holocene 
B) Eocene 
C) Miocene 
D) Paleocene 
E) Pliocene

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT true about the East African baboon-like Theropithecus?

Accepted Answer

A) Dietary niche was almost exclusively grasses. 
B) It contained some notable fossil specimens, like a 225-pound monkey. 
C) It is the only extant (still living)species is the Gelada. 
D) Most of its members went extinct at some point during the middle Ordovician. 
E) Competition with Papio baboons was a probable cause for extinction. 
A) Dietary niche was almost exclusively grasses. 
B) It contained some notable fossil specimens, like a 225-pound monkey. 
C) It is the only extant (still living)species is the Gelada. 
D) Most of its members went extinct at some point during the middle Ordovician. 
E) Competition with Papio baboons was a probable cause for extinction.

Question 9

Describe the genus Theropithecus and its geographical areas of influence.

Accepted Answer

The genus Theropithecus is a group of Ol

Question 10

Describe the main characteristics of New World monkeys and their ancestors, up to the last common ancestor with the Old World monkeys.

Accepted Answer

New World monkeys are a diverse group of

Question 11

Hominoids disappear from the African fossil record about 13 mya, and they didn't reappear until the late Miocene about 10 mya.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Cercopithecines

Accepted Answer

A) include baboons and macaques. 
B) are members of Victoriapithecus. 
C) include tarsiers. 
D) are a group of New World monkeys. 
E) means "primates who live close to each other." 
A) include baboons and macaques. 
B) are members of Victoriapithecus. 
C) include tarsiers. 
D) are a group of New World monkeys. 
E) means "primates who live close to each other."

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT general anthropoid characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A) Nails instead of claws on all digits 
B) Back of eye socket formed by bony plate 
C) Dental comb 
D) Shorter snouts with greater emphasis on smell 
E) Larger brain 
A) Nails instead of claws on all digits 
B) Back of eye socket formed by bony plate 
C) Dental comb 
D) Shorter snouts with greater emphasis on smell 
E) Larger brain

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true about carpolestids?

Accepted Answer

A) They were mouse to rat sized. 
B) They exhibited specialized dental traits. 
C) A skeleton of one was discovered in Wyoming recently. 
D) Their postcranial anatomy reveals many traits adapted to highly arboreal environment. 
E) They were much bigger than the Plesiadapis , 
A) They were mouse to rat sized. 
B) They exhibited specialized dental traits. 
C) A skeleton of one was discovered in Wyoming recently. 
D) Their postcranial anatomy reveals many traits adapted to highly arboreal environment. 
E) They were much bigger than the Plesiadapis ,

Question 15

The best known of the first true apes (Hominoidea)appeared in Africa during the middle Miocene approximately

Accepted Answer

A) 5 mya. 
B) 170 mya. 
C) 17 mya. 
D) 7 mya. 
E) .7 mya. 
A) 5 mya. 
B) 170 mya. 
C) 17 mya. 
D) 7 mya. 
E) .7 mya.

Question 16

Discuss the climatic and geological changes during the Miocene and the direct implications on the first ape-like primates.

Accepted Answer

During the Miocene epoch, which lasted f

Question 17

The most complete remains of an early African anthropoid is a new species of Biretia that

Accepted Answer

A) is dated to 37 mya. 
B) weighs over 150 lbs. 
C) was a diurnal primate based on its large orbits. 
D) exhibits dental morphology typical of lemuriforms. 
E) was placed into the extinct superfamily Peptobismoidea . 
A) is dated to 37 mya. 
B) weighs over 150 lbs. 
C) was a diurnal primate based on its large orbits. 
D) exhibits dental morphology typical of lemuriforms. 
E) was placed into the extinct superfamily Peptobismoidea .

Question 18

Describe the main characteristics of Old World monkeys and their ancestors, up to the last common ancestor with the New World monkeys.

Accepted Answer

Old World monkeys and their ancestors ar

Question 19

During the Miocene, the drifting of ___________ away from Antarctica significantly altered ocean currents.

Accepted Answer

A) Southeast Asia and Australia 
B) South America and Australia 
C) South America and Africa 
D) Australia and Africa 
E) Atlantis and Pangea 
A) Southeast Asia and Australia 
B) South America and Australia 
C) South America and Africa 
D) Australia and Africa 
E) Atlantis and Pangea

Question 20

Describe Gigantopithecus: how it lived, and its region, diet and locomotion. Detail how paleoanthropologists learned of it and what happened to it.

Accepted Answer

Gigantopithecus was a genus of large ape

Which of the following belongs to the distinct great ape lineage in Asia?

After flourishing for more than 8.5 million years, Giganto went extinct during the late Miocene period due to human predation and/or environmental change.

___________ is an extinct family that represents the earliest member of the lineage leading to present-day Old World Monkeys.

Adapoids are the most primitive of the euprimates as shown by their dental anatomy.

The abbreviation LCA stands for "Last Common Ancestor."

Strepsirrhines include tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.

During which of the following epochs did the first monkeys, apes, and humanlike creatures (23 to 5.3 mya)appear?

Which of the following is NOT true about the East African baboon-like Theropithecus?

Describe the genus Theropithecus and its geographical areas of influence.

Describe the main characteristics of New World monkeys and their ancestors, up to the last common ancestor with the Old World monkeys.

Hominoids disappear from the African fossil record about 13 mya, and they didn't reappear until the late Miocene about 10 mya.

Cercopithecines

Which of the following is NOT general anthropoid characteristics?

Which of the following is NOT true about carpolestids?

The best known of the first true apes (Hominoidea)appeared in Africa during the middle Miocene approximately

Discuss the climatic and geological changes during the Miocene and the direct implications on the first ape-like primates.

The most complete remains of an early African anthropoid is a new species of Biretia that

Describe the main characteristics of Old World monkeys and their ancestors, up to the last common ancestor with the New World monkeys.

During the Miocene, the drifting of ___________ away from Antarctica significantly altered ocean currents.

Describe Gigantopithecus: how it lived, and its region, diet and locomotion. Detail how paleoanthropologists learned of it and what happened to it.

Introduction to Physical Anthropology

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

The Biological Basis of Life

Heredity and Evolution

Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution

Survey of the Living Primates

Primate Behavior

Paleoanthropology: Reconstructing Early Hominin Behavior and Ecology

Hominin Origins in Africa

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

Premodern Humans

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Variation

Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Adaptation

Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Human Life Course

The Human Disconnection

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Exam 8: Overview of the Fossil Primates

Which of the following belongs to the distinct great ape lineage in Asia?

After flourishing for more than 8.5 million years, Giganto went extinct during the late Miocene period due to human predation and/or environmental change.

___________ is an extinct family that represents the earliest member of the lineage leading to present-day Old World Monkeys.

Adapoids are the most primitive of the euprimates as shown by their dental anatomy.

The abbreviation LCA stands for "Last Common Ancestor."

Strepsirrhines include tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.

During which of the following epochs did the first monkeys, apes, and humanlike creatures (23 to 5.3 mya)appear?

Which of the following is NOT true about the East African baboon-like Theropithecus?

Describe the genus Theropithecus and its geographical areas of influence.

Describe the main characteristics of New World monkeys and their ancestors, up to the last common ancestor with the Old World monkeys.

Hominoids disappear from the African fossil record about 13 mya, and they didn't reappear until the late Miocene about 10 mya.

Cercopithecines

Which of the following is NOT general anthropoid characteristics?

Which of the following is NOT true about carpolestids?

The best known of the first true apes (Hominoidea)appeared in Africa during the middle Miocene approximately

Discuss the climatic and geological changes during the Miocene and the direct implications on the first ape-like primates.

The most complete remains of an early African anthropoid is a new species of Biretia that

Describe the main characteristics of Old World monkeys and their ancestors, up to the last common ancestor with the New World monkeys.

During the Miocene, the drifting of ___________ away from Antarctica significantly altered ocean currents.

Describe Gigantopithecus: how it lived, and its region, diet and locomotion. Detail how paleoanthropologists learned of it and what happened to it.

Introduction to Physical Anthropology

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

The Biological Basis of Life

Heredity and Evolution

Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution

Survey of the Living Primates

Primate Behavior

Paleoanthropology: Reconstructing Early Hominin Behavior and Ecology

Hominin Origins in Africa

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

Premodern Humans

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Variation

Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Adaptation

Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Human Life Course

The Human Disconnection

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