Anthropology 101 - Physical Anthropology » Fall 2019 » Quiz Week 4

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Question #1
Tamarins practice which of the following social grouping patterns?
A.   multi-male polygyny
B.   one male polygyny
C.   polyandry
D.   polygynandry
Question #2
Females choose their mates carefully in primate societies because ____________________.
A.   none of the answers
B.   their mothers told them to
C.   their fathers told them to
D.   they invest so much in reproduction that they choose the strongest, healthiest, and capable male that can later be supportive with food and resources
Question #3
A parabolic dental arcade is a trait for which major primate group?
A.   apes
B.   old world monkeys
C.   hominins
D.   prosimians
Question #4
Apidium is known as the first _____________.
A.   lemur
B.   tarsier
C.   ape
D.   monkey
Question #5
Bonobos practice the following social grouping pattern:
A.   fission-fusion polygyny
B.   one male polygyny
C.   none of the answers
D.   solitary
E.   monogamy
Question #6
Which of the following was not an ape?
A.   Aegyptopithecus
B.   Morotopithecus
C.   Gigantopithecus
D.   Proconsul
Question #7
Since Bonobo females form strong long lasting relationships with each other, it is likely that this is the result of female philopatry.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
Which of the following dating techniques would be useful in determining the age of footprints left in hardened volcanic ash? 
A.   Potassium-argon dating
B.   lithostratigraphy
C.   biostratigraphy
D.   carbon-14
Question #9
Adapoids and omomyoids had flattened nails and not claws.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
When a female bonobo is ready to mate, this is indicated by _____________.
A.   sharing of food
B.   estrus
C.   cllimbing a tree
D.   building a nest on a tree
Question #11
Which of the following anatomical parts belong to a bipedal specimen?
A.   toes on foot are parallel to each other
B.   foramen magnum located directly underneath skull
C.   all answers
D.   s-shaped spine
E.   bowl-shaped pelvic girdle
Question #12
The advantages of group cooperation among primates includes:
A.   easier to obtain food due to sharing
B.   easier to find a mate due to being in a group
C.   all answers
D.   more surveillance against predators
Question #13
A fire pit that has stones encircling it can be dated using which of the following dating technique?
A.   biostratigraphy
B.   lithostratigraphy
C.   tephrostratigraphy
D.   thermoluminesence
Question #14
Which of the following primates had an unfused mandible?
A.   tamarin
B.   sifka
C.   capuchin
D.   gorilla
Question #15
Purgatorius was a(n) _______________.
A.   monkey
B.   lemur
C.   rat
D.   ancestral primate
E.   tarsier
Question #16
Siamangs have a lot of sexual dimorphism present.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
The earliest hominins were found in ________________.
A.   Australia
B.   Europe
C.   West Asia
D.   East Africa
E.   None of the answers
Question #18
Which of the following hominins had a sagittal crest?
A.   Ardipithecus
B.   Kenyanthropus platyops
C.   Paranthropus robustus
D.   Australopithecus africanus
Question #19
As the mammals dominated the earth, the climate was getting cooler as well.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #20
Which one of the following primates uses knuckle-walking as its primary means of locomotion?
A.   bonobo
B.   orangutan
C.   siamiang
D.   ring-tailed lemur
Question #21
In male philopatry, the society is always going to be dominated by males.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #22
Plesiadapiforms did not have the grasping hands and binocular vision of today's primates.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #23
Which of the following is an ape species?
A.   Paranthropus bosiei
B.   Australopithecus afarensis
C.   Ardipithecus
D.   Morotopithecus
Question #24
Orangutans participate in which of the following social grouping pattern?
A.   monogamy
B.   solitary
C.   fission-fusion polygyny
D.   polygynandry
E.   polyandry
Question #25
Primates split from the main mammalian line because:
A.   all answers
B.   the climate was getting warmer
C.   of zygote inviability
D.   trees presented an ecological niche

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