Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a hominoid?

Accepted Answer

A)  gibbon 
B)  lemur 
C)  Homo sapiens 
D)  orangutan 
E)  siamang

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a threat to endangered primates?

Accepted Answer

A)  interspecies conflict 
B)  deforestation 
C)  "bush meat" production 
D)  subsistence farming 
E)  poachers

Question 3

Review this chapter and answer the following questions: What are the parts of the skeleton that seem to be more commonly found as fossils? What are the anatomical clues that these fossils provide to help scientists address questions about hominin origins?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Review this chapter and answer the following...

Question 4

Platyrrhines are New World monkeys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The tribe hominini consists of

Accepted Answer

A)  all the human species that ever existed (including extinct ones), excluding chimps and gorillas. 
B)  what scientists used to refer to as hominoids 20 years ago. 
C)  all bipedal primates that are represented in living species today. 
D)  all of the great apes. 
E)  all primates that share a genetic relationship with humans.

Question 6

Humans and apes belong to the same taxonomic superfamily,Hominoidea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Behavioral ecology studies the evolutionary basis of social behavior.What is one of the discipline's main assumptions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Phenotype is the overwhelming result of genotype. 
B)  The genetic features of any species reflect a long history of differential reproductive success (that is, natural selection). 
C)  Natural selection best translates to "survival of the fittest." 
D)  There is no distinction between individual and inclusive fitness. 
E)  Individual fitness among hominins is measured differently than in other nonhuman primate species.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the general primate tendencies discussed in the textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  relatively large brain size 
B)  aquatic lifestyle 
C)  five-fingered hands 
D)  small litter size 
E)  stereoscopic vision

Question 9

What is a taxonomy?

Accepted Answer

A)  an adaptive trait due to convergent evolution 
B)  a classification scheme where organisms are assigned to categories 
C)  a trait inherited from a common ancestor 
D)  a set of selective forces enacted on one lineage 
E)  a way to define an organism's repertoire of social behaviors

Question 10

Common ancestry isn't the only reason for similarities between species.Similar traits can also arise if species experience similar selective forces and adapt to them in similar ways.This process is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  gene flow. 
B)  genetic evolution. 
C)  molecular convergence. 
D)  homology. 
E)  convergent evolution.

Question 11

Which of the following are most closely related to chimpanzees?

Accepted Answer

A)  humans 
B)  gibbons 
C)  lemurs 
D)  siamangs 
E)  orangutans

Question 12

Primatology helps anthropologists make inferences about the early social organization of hominids and untangle issues of human nature and the origins of culture.Of particular relevance to these types of questions are two kinds of primates:

Accepted Answer

A)  those with whom we share the least number of homologies, and those with whom we share the most analogies. 
B)  those that are in the tribe hominini, and those in the family hominidae. 
C)  those whose ecological adaptations are similar to our own (terrestrial monkeys and apes), and those most closely related to us, the great apes (chimpanzees and gorillas). 
D)  catarrhines and platyrrhines. 
E)  Gigantopithecus and Pierolapithecus.

Question 13

When scientists use the word hominid today,they mean pretty much the same thing as when they used this word twenty years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT an adaptive trend in anthropoids?

Accepted Answer

A)  stereoscopic vision 
B)  enhanced sense of touch 
C)  grasping hands and feet 
D)  decreased sociality 
E)  increased brain complexity

Question 15

Analogies are similarities that are shared by organisms that belong to the same genus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Prosimians are found only in Madagascar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is the term for a trait that organisms have jointly inherited from a common ancestor?

Accepted Answer

A)  analogy 
B)  homology 
C)  phenotype 
D)  allele 
E)  meiosis

Question 18

In primate evolution,in which of the following epochs did prosimians dominate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Miocene (24-5 m.y.a.) 
B)  Paleocene (65-54 m.y.a.) 
C)  Oligocene (34-23 m.y.a.) 
D)  Eocene (54-34 m.y.a.) 
E)  Pliocene (5-2 m.y.a.)

Exam 7: The Primates

Which of the following is NOT a hominoid?

Which of the following is NOT a threat to endangered primates?

Review this chapter and answer the following questions: What are the parts of the skeleton that seem to be more commonly found as fossils? What are the anatomical clues that these fossils provide to help scientists address questions about hominin origins?

Platyrrhines are New World monkeys.

The tribe hominini consists of

Humans and apes belong to the same taxonomic superfamily,Hominoidea.

Behavioral ecology studies the evolutionary basis of social behavior.What is one of the discipline's main assumptions?

Which of the following is NOT one of the general primate tendencies discussed in the textbook?

What is a taxonomy?

Common ancestry isn't the only reason for similarities between species.Similar traits can also arise if species experience similar selective forces and adapt to them in similar ways.This process is known as

Which of the following are most closely related to chimpanzees?

Primatology helps anthropologists make inferences about the early social organization of hominids and untangle issues of human nature and the origins of culture.Of particular relevance to these types of questions are two kinds of primates:

When scientists use the word hominid today,they mean pretty much the same thing as when they used this word twenty years ago.

Which of the following is NOT an adaptive trend in anthropoids?

Analogies are similarities that are shared by organisms that belong to the same genus.

Prosimians are found only in Madagascar.

What is the term for a trait that organisms have jointly inherited from a common ancestor?

In primate evolution,in which of the following epochs did prosimians dominate?