1. Beth, a paleoanthropologist, has found early primate fossils in a site in East Africa that were alive during a time of volcanic activity. How would she date the site?
A. Ask for potassium argon (KAr) date of some volcanic rocks below and above her fossils.
B. Ask for a carbon 14 (C14) date of the primate fossils.
C. Use thermoluminescence to date the volcanic rocks.
D. None of the above.
2. Among the anthropoids, hominoids are characterized by
A. lacking tails and having long backs and 3-cusped molars
B. lacking tails and having short backs and Y-5 molars
C. having long tails, narrow chests, and complex brains
D. having dorsal shoulder blades, broad chests, and a lower brain-to-body ratio than other primates
3. The precision grip of apes is
A. as good as in humans
B. impaired by their long thumbs
C. somewhat impaired by their short thumbs
D. better than that of humans
4. Compared to common chimpanzees, bonobos show
A. stronger social bonds and alliances among males
B. more frequent and inventive tool use
C. more frequent and varied sexual behavior
D. more frequent organized hunting behaviors
5. Many primate species are threatened with extinction because of human activities. In order to improve primate's chances of survival, we need to
A. slow the growth of human populations worldwide
B. slow our destruction of the global habitat (especially the tropical forests)
C. reduce our use of primates as food, pets, and research animals
D. all of the above
6. Aegyptopithecus
A. is one of the oldest known platyrrhine monkeys, dating 27 million years of age from Bolivia
B. was clearly an Old World monkey, judging from it 2123/2123 dental formula and its 4-cusped bilophodont molars
C. possessed both Old World monkey and ape traits and is best classified as a "generalized catarrhine"
D. is the oldest known ape, whose anatomy included 5-cusped Y-5 molars, a stiff and tailless spine, and adaptations for brachiation
7. Compared to monkeys, apes
A. have evolved longer and more freely mobile arms
B. have evolved more of a "hind-limb dominated" style of locomotion
C. have never evolved any adaptations for terrestrial locomotion
D. depend more on their prehensile tails during arboreal locomotion
8. Displays among living nonhuman primates
A. communicates emotional signals such as fear, danger, or pain.
B. consist of body movements, such as pounding the chest.
C. involves the use of vocalizations.
D. All of the above.
9. Some of the traits that characterize the Order Primate are stereoscopic vision, prehensile grip, and nails instead of claws.
True
False
10. Prosimians show the distinctive primate traits of stereoscopic vision and grasping hands and feet.
True
False
11. Homosexual behavior has been recorded in studies of at least one nonhuman primate species.
True
False
12. Humans have no concern for status as found in other primates.
True
False
13. All chimpanzee groups in Africa behave exactly the same.
True
False
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