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

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