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

Which two genera may be the ancestors to the orangutan?

The evolution of apes began in Africa and continued in:

Monkeys underwent massive _______ in the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

Sivapithecus is widely recognized as an ancestral member of which ape lineage?

Which genus is considered the ancestor to adapids and omomyids?

Discuss the evolution of primates beginning with the Paleocene proprimates.In your answer, consider the effect of climate change on the environment and primates' environmental adaptations.

Discuss the selective pressures operating in the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene that favored an adaptive radiation of monkeys and contributed to decreased diversity among apes.

Why is the Fayum depression in Egypt such an important site for understanding the origin and diversification of anthropoid primates?

The best-accepted hypothesis for the dispersal of African monkeys to the New World is that:

Gigantopithecus stood _______ feet tall and weighed _______ pounds.

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

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

Chororapithecus is considered the:

Two genera of propliopithecids include:

Euprimates represent the first true:

The similarity of the foot bones between _______ and the living anthropoids makes it the likely first true primate.

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

Name and briefly describe the three hypotheses of primate origins.

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

The angiosperm radiation hypothesis proposes that: