Exam 3: Living Primates

What is the ethical responsibility of humans toward other creatures, such as our closest living relatives? Do you believe that we have increased responsibility toward primates, given our shared evolutionary history?

Frans de Waal, in his study of bonobos, has found that _______________ that occurs after an attack may be more important that the attack itself.

There are dominance hierarchies among chimpanzees.

What characteristics are unique to New World Monkeys?

What is the basic primate limb pattern?

A second toe, called a "grooming claw," is found on:

Among primates, adolescence is generally marked by:

What kinds of noninvasive methods can primatologists use to study living primate biology?

Because they have retained so many ancestral characteristics, lemurs are considered to be less evolved than humans.

Apes generally nurse their young for _______________ years.

Which of the following best describes gorillas?

What did the teaching of American Sign Language to some captive apes produce such controversy?

Regarding apes' communicative capacity exhibited in the wild, scientists have found that captive apes exhibit:

What are two factors that contributed to the development of the cerebral cortex among primates?

_______________ are found only in Borneo and Sumatra.

Lemurs, in their native habitat, are found only in _______________.

Consider the representation of apes, gorillas, monkeys, and various other primates in movies, television, art, or literature. How are they represented in the medium? Are they portrayed as animalistic, barbaric, vicious, childlike, kind, etc.? Why do you think primates are often represented in ways contrary to scientific or primatology studies? Do these portrayals possibly say something about us or how we might view ourselves, our history, or our possible future?

Which of the following causes is not a primary reason today for primate endangerment?

Why do today's primatologists question the findings of earlier primatologists regarding male dominance hierarchies among non-human primates?