El Camino College » Anthropology » Anth 1 - Biological Anthropology » Spring 2020

Question #1

Sexual dimorphism:

A. determines male and female social hierarchy.

B. tends to be lower than in groups where males disperse and compete with unrelated males.

C. relates to sexual courtship rituals in primates.

D. is the study of sexual intercourse between primates.

Question #2

A male and female gibbon that are similar in size likely demonstrate the lack of sexual dimorphism:

A. as the result of unequal access to resources within their environment.

B. which is not related to social structure in gibbons.

C. due to decreased competition for mates in a monogamous social structure.

D. due to the polygamous social structure in gibbons.

Question #3

All-male groups of nonhuman primates:

A. are often polyandrous, before females join other existing groups.

B. often exist together with multimale, multifemale groups.

C. do not exist in the wild.

D. become permanent groups with rigid ranking systems.

Question #4

Polyandrous:

A. refers to a social group that includes one reproductively active female and several adult males and their offspring.

B. refers to a social group that includes one female and several males.

C. means “many offspring.”

D. refers to a social group that includes one adult male and several adult females and their offspring.

Question #5

Primatologists:

A. know nothing of primate bones.

B. explore the relationships between specific social behaviors and reproductive fitness.

C. study only physical aspect of primates.

D. study cultural anthropology.