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Question #1
Tamarins practice which of the following social grouping patterns?
A.   one male polygyny
B.   multi-male polygyny
C.   polygynandry
D.   polyandry
Question #2
Females choose their mates carefully in primate societies because ____________________.
A.   their mothers told them to
B.   none of the answers
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.   prosimians
C.   hominins
D.   old world monkeys
Question #4
Apidium is known as the first _____________.
A.   ape
B.   lemur
C.   monkey
D.   tarsier
Question #5
Bonobos practice the following social grouping pattern:
A.   monogamy
B.   solitary
C.   fission-fusion polygyny
D.   none of the answers
E.   one male polygyny
Question #6
Which of the following was not an ape?
A.   Proconsul
B.   Gigantopithecus
C.   Morotopithecus
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.   building a nest on a tree
B.   sharing of food
C.   estrus
D.   cllimbing a tree
Question #11
Which of the following anatomical parts belong to a bipedal specimen?
A.   s-shaped spine
B.   bowl-shaped pelvic girdle
C.   foramen magnum located directly underneath skull
D.   all answers
E.   toes on foot are parallel to each other
Question #12
The advantages of group cooperation among primates includes:
A.   easier to obtain food due to sharing
B.   all answers
C.   more surveillance against predators
D.   easier to find a mate due to being in a group
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.   sifka
B.   gorilla
C.   tamarin
D.   capuchin
Question #15
Purgatorius was a(n) _______________.
A.   tarsier
B.   monkey
C.   lemur
D.   rat
E.   ancestral primate
Question #16
Siamangs have a lot of sexual dimorphism present.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
The earliest hominins were found in ________________.
A.   West Asia
B.   Australia
C.   East Africa
D.   None of the answers
E.   Europe
Question #18
Which of the following hominins had a sagittal crest?
A.   Ardipithecus
B.   Paranthropus robustus
C.   Kenyanthropus platyops
D.   Australopithecus africanus
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.   orangutan
B.   siamiang
C.   bonobo
D.   ring-tailed lemur
Question #21
In male philopatry, the society is always going to be dominated by males.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
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.   Australopithecus afarensis
B.   Ardipithecus
C.   Paranthropus bosiei
D.   Morotopithecus
Question #24
Orangutans participate in which of the following social grouping pattern?
A.   fission-fusion polygyny
B.   monogamy
C.   solitary
D.   polygynandry
E.   polyandry
Question #25
Primates split from the main mammalian line because:
A.   the climate was getting warmer
B.   all answers
C.   of zygote inviability
D.   trees presented an ecological niche

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