Question 1

Gigantopithecus stood ________ feet tall and weighed ________ pounds.

Accepted Answer

A) four;300 
B) ten;660 
C) six;250 
D) five;400 
A) four;300 
B) ten;660 
C) six;250 
D) five;400

Question 2

Which explanation for the dispersal of African monkeys to the New World is supported by the evidence?

Accepted Answer

A) Platyrrhines evolved from anthropoids in Africa that migrated to South America in the Oligocene via North America. 
B) Platyrrhines evolved from anthropoids in Africa that migrated to South America across the Atlantic,or via Antarctica. 
C) Old World monkeys evolved from New World monkeys prior to the separation of Africa and South America. 
D) Old and New World anthropoids evolved independently from different lineages in Africa and South America,respectively. 
A) Platyrrhines evolved from anthropoids in Africa that migrated to South America in the Oligocene via North America. 
B) Platyrrhines evolved from anthropoids in Africa that migrated to South America across the Atlantic,or via Antarctica. 
C) Old World monkeys evolved from New World monkeys prior to the separation of Africa and South America. 
D) Old and New World anthropoids evolved independently from different lineages in Africa and South America,respectively.

Question 3

Monkeys underwent massive ________ in the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

Accepted Answer

A) extinction 
B) adaptive radiation 
C) migration 
D) diversification 
A) extinction 
B) adaptive radiation 
C) migration 
D) diversification

Question 4

Euprimates represent the first true:

Accepted Answer

A) anthropoids. 
B) primates. 
C) mammals. 
D) catarrhini. 
A) anthropoids. 
B) primates. 
C) mammals. 
D) catarrhini.

Question 5

A rapid temperature increase about 55 mya created tropical conditions around the world.What did these conditions cause?

Accepted Answer

A) the adaptive radiation of Euprimates 
B) the development of Dryopithecus 
C) the spread of Sivapithecus 
D) the extinction of many primate species 
A) the adaptive radiation of Euprimates 
B) the development of Dryopithecus 
C) the spread of Sivapithecus 
D) the extinction of many primate species

Question 6

Which of the following apes has been proposed as the last common ancestor of living African apes and humans?

Accepted Answer

A) Ouranopithecus 
B) Sivapithecus 
C) Dryopithecus 
D) Gigantopithecus 
A) Ouranopithecus 
B) Sivapithecus 
C) Dryopithecus 
D) Gigantopithecus

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) long legs 
B) pointy teeth 
C) large eye orbits 
D) short fingers and toes 
A) long legs 
B) pointy teeth 
C) large eye orbits 
D) short fingers and toes

Question 8

The Fayum desert has yielded fossils of which three primates?

Accepted Answer

A) Oligopithecus,Apidium,and Aegyptopithecus 
B) Proconsul,Notharctus,and Adapis 
C) Eosimias,Biretia,and Micropithecus 
D) Proconsul,Eosimias,and Adapis 
A) Oligopithecus,Apidium,and Aegyptopithecus 
B) Proconsul,Notharctus,and Adapis 
C) Eosimias,Biretia,and Micropithecus 
D) Proconsul,Eosimias,and Adapis

Question 9

Name and briefly describe the three hypotheses of primate origins.

Accepted Answer

The arboreal hypothesis,developed early

Gigantopithecus stood feet tall and weighed pounds.

Which explanation for the dispersal of African monkeys to the New World is supported by the evidence?

Monkeys underwent massive ________ in the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

Euprimates represent the first true:

A rapid temperature increase about 55 mya created tropical conditions around the world.What did these conditions cause?

Which of the following apes has been proposed as the last common ancestor of living African apes and humans?

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

The Fayum desert has yielded fossils of which three primates?

Name and briefly describe the three hypotheses of primate origins.

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

Gigantopithecus stood ________ feet tall and weighed ________ pounds.

Which explanation for the dispersal of African monkeys to the New World is supported by the evidence?

Monkeys underwent massive ________ in the Pliocene and Pleistocene.

Euprimates represent the first true:

A rapid temperature increase about 55 mya created tropical conditions around the world.What did these conditions cause?

Which of the following apes has been proposed as the last common ancestor of living African apes and humans?

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

The Fayum desert has yielded fossils of which three primates?

Name and briefly describe the three hypotheses of primate origins.

What Is Physical Anthropology?

Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory

Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, social Behavior, and Culture

Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

The Origins,evolution,and Dispersal of Modern People

The Past 10, 000 Years: Agriculture, population, biology

Evolution: Today and Tomorrow

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Gigantopithecus stood feet tall and weighed pounds.