Exam 6: Biology in the Present: the Other Living Primates

In class your professor shows you an MRI scan of a primate brain. The professor points out the relatively large size of the olfactory bulb beneath the frontal lobe. This suggests to you that:

Arboreal adaptation is:

In your primate anatomy lab you are shown the mandible (lower jawbone) of a species of primate. While looking at the teeth you notice a large space between the canine and first premolar. In your lab book you note:

High, pointed crowns indicate a diet of:

Colobine primates:

The two suborders of primates are:

The genetic classification for apes and humans:

Strepsirhines have a special lower incisor called:

The reintroduction project of lemurs on St. Catherines Island provided more evidence of:

Anthropoids differ from prosimians in that they:

Relative to body size, primate brain size:

Describe the arboreal adaptation of primates and include specific anatomical characteristics.