Anthropology 1001 Brophy Exam 2 Questions with Answers
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Why do we study non-human primates? to help in our understanding how the forces of natural selection and sexual selection molded our ancestors after the human lineage split from the rest of the primate order Correct
What features broadly define the order Primate? five fingers, big brain, tactile p...
Anthropology 1001 Brophy Exam 2
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Why do we study non-human primates? ✅to help in our understanding how the forces
of natural selection and sexual selection molded our ancestors after the human lineage
split from the rest of the primate order Correct
What features broadly define the order Primate? ✅five fingers, big brain, tactile pads,
opposable thumbs...etc.
What type of dentition do OWM have? ✅2123
What type of dentition do NWM have? ✅2133
Sexual Dimorphism ✅difference in appearances between the same animal but
different sex , like the size of the teeth of a male gorilla vs. a female gorilla
What form of locomotion do gorillas use? ✅knuckle walking
What primates are Prosimians? ✅Lemurs, Lorises, and Tarsiers
What primates are Anthropoids? ✅Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
What primates are Strepsirhini? ✅Lemurs and Lorises
What primates are Haplorhini? ✅Monkeys, Apes, Humans, an Tarsiers
Two suborders of Primates: ✅Prosimians and Anthropoids
Strepsirhini means: ✅wet nose
Haplorhini means: ✅dry nose
Which one is more primative? Strepsirhini or Haplorhini ✅Strepsirhini
Are Strepsirhinis more reliant on olfaction or vision? ✅They are more reliant on
olfaction
The two groups of Anthropoidea are: ✅Catarrhini and Platyrrhini
What type of nose do Catarrhines have? ✅downward flaring noses
, What type of nose do Platyrrhines have? ✅flat noses
Where are Platyrrhines found? ✅tropical forests and South America
Where are Catarrhines found? ✅Africa and Asia
Characteristics of Platyrrhines (besides the type of nose): ✅prehensile tails and
arboreal
Who is in the group of Catarrhines? ✅Old World Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
Who is in the group of Platyrrhines? ✅New World Monkeys
Two Superfamilies of Catarrhini: ✅Cercopithecoidea and Hominoidea
What type of molars do Cercopithecoidea have? ✅bilophodont
What type of molars do Hominoidea have? ✅y shed
The two families of Hominoidea are: ✅Hylobatidae and Hominidae
Which primates are in the group hylobatidae? ✅gibbons and seamans
Which primates are in the group Hominidae? ✅orangutans, gorillas, and chimpanzees
Which animals are ponginae, gorrilinae, and homininae? ✅orangutans, gorillas, and
chimpanzees
Where are orangutans found? ✅Southeast Asia
Which hominidae is most solitary? ✅orangutans
Which hominidae is quadramanis? ✅orangutans
What is quadramanis? ✅feet-like hands used to crawl through the trees
Which of the hominidae DONT hunt? ✅gorillas
Which of the hominidae is a folivore? ✅gorillas
What is a folivore? ✅a herbivore that specializes in eating leaves.
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