Exam 14: Primates Today

In demonstrating the differences between O and NW monkeys, scientists would claim that OW monkeys have all of the following traits EXCEPT

Japanese macaques have become famous because they

Discuss chimpanzee language acquisition: what is it and what has it to do with human studies?

Describe modern Old and New World monkeys relative to important ancestral and newly derived traits: teeth, locomotion, brain size.

One dental trait that identifies fossil and modern monkeys is their bilophodont molars.

Describe the three-tiered social/political system of the hamadryas baboons.

Bonobos differ from chimpanzees because bonobos

Whereas Ray Carpenter favored field studies, Solly Zuckerman did his work in

One theme of this chapter is to show how anthropologists can generate hypotheses based on modern primate data to use to test against evolving hominids. Discuss three of these applications of primate data to humans.

All prosimians use scent marking glands in their genital area to mark their territory.

Modern prosimians share all of the following traits EXCEPT

Relative to primate social organization, which of the following is correct?

The ability to intentionally deceive others is found

When referring to a bias in primatology before 1960, the bias was against

All monkeys have external tails, but no modern or fossil ape does.

Based on molecular evidence, orangutans split from the lineage leading to humans about 9 myr ago.

The earliest primatologists were psychologists.

The Japanese school of primatology is more apt to anthropomorphize their primates than Westerners.

Primatology specialists suggest the study of modern howler monkeys in central and South America may generate hypotheses about early hominids in the area of

Only recongize themselves in mirrors.