Determine which living primate is the most likely candidate for the missing link between apes and humans

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By studying living primates anthropologists can:

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Determine which living primate is the most likely candidate for the missing link between apes and humans

Better understand racial differences in humans today.

Gain insight into the general primate behavior-environment-biology pattern.

Observe exactly how our ancestors lived.

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Carbon-14 (radiocarbon) dating is best used for:

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stone tool artifacts

clay or rocks containing magnetic materials

organic materials such as wood or bone

artifacts and skeletal remains over 1 million years old

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Paleontologists studying skeletal material:

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can often determine much about ancient diets

can seldom determine the age of the individual

require postcranial bones to determine the sex of an individual

can determine little about quality of life in ancient society

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The dominant sense of the primate is:

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smell

vision

hearing

taste
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A fossil is:

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the mummified remains of some ancient creature

Any evidence of life from the past

The imprint of a leaf in hardened mud

Bone that has turned to stone

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Any dating technique that gives a specific date for a fossil is called:

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Absolute

Relative

Stratigraphic

Radiometric

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Which of the following traits is possessed ONLY by mammals?

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Birth to live young

Warm-bloodedness

Parental care of the young

Nourishment of the young with milk

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Modern primates are characterized by:

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an opposable thumb

reliance on their sense of smell for survival rather than their visual acuity

fingers with claws rather than nails

stiff joints from birth that prevent them from activities such as swinging

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Which of the following reproductive strategies is characterized by few offspring at a time along with high degrees of parental investment in post-natal nurturing?

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Male-selected strategy

r-selected strategy

K-selected strategy

Female-selected strategy

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One of the reasons for the success of Homo sapiens is that we alone among the primates possess a power grip and an opposable thumb.

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False
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The stratigraphic record shows us the general relationhip between layers and time in that the deeper the layer the older it is.

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False
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Human are the only primates to make and use tools.

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True
False
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Humans are the only primates to routinely engage in sex at times other than when the female is ovulating.

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True
False
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of primates?

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grasping ability

short dependency period

omnivorous diet

binocular/stereoscopic vision

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Grasping ability is referred to as:

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arboreality

prehensility

brachiation

none of the above

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An object made or modified by humans is known as a(n)

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site

artifact

feature

ecofact

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Which primate group is found only in Madagascar?

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tarsiers

colobines

lemurs

lorises

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Prosimians include

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all monkeys, lemurs, and lorises

New World monkeys and lemurs

lorises, lemurs, and tarsiers

Old World monkeys and apes

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What type of dating tells us something is older or younger than another, but does not give us a specific age?

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radiometric dating

absolute dating

potassium argon dating

relative dating

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Which of the following would be considered an ecofact rather than an artifact?

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a stone shelter

bits and pieces of broken pottery

a projectile point

burnt fish bones
In sexual activity, bonobos:

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leave the group and go off into the forest as pairs.

have very restricted types of interactions between males and females.

exhibit an array of different sexual interactions.

are the only non-human primates that show lifetime male-female bonding.

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Which statement best describes relative dating?

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an inaccurate method of dating

a method of dating used only when absolute dates cannot be obtained

an early form of dating that is being replaced

an important form of dating that established relationships among remains

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An object fashioned or altered by humans is:

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a fossil

an endocast

a coprolite

an artifact

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Describe the main differences between New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.

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In a __________ social system, females enjoy a high degree of affiliation.Spell check
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In most primate species, males rarely participate in infant care.

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True
False
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Which of the following describes the occurrence of infanticide among primates?

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Most instances of infanticide can be linked to a nearby human presence.

All instances of infanticide can be linked to reproductive benefits to the infant-killer.

Most instances of infanticide can be linked to reproductive benefits to the infant-killer.

All instances of infanticide can be linked to a nearby human presence.
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List and explain the three methods for studying primates. What are the benefits and problems associated with each method?

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Spell check
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__________ is a field devoted to the gleaning of all the information that can be extracted from fossils.Spell check
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A scientist studying the biological and geological processes of fossilization is engaging in the science of __________.Spell check
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Strata are __________.

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layers of rock

trace fossils

petrified remains of organisms

none of these

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Which of the following is an epoch of the Quaternary?

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the Cenozoic

the Pleistocene

the Jurassic

the Oligocene

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Half-life is half the time it takes for the entire original amount of an unstable isotope to decay into more stable forms.

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True
False
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Fission-track dating relies on the decay of __________.Spell check
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Fossils can be used to reconstruct ancient animal communities and therefore make inferences about ancient environments and habitats.

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True
False
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How can the principles associated with Lyell, Smith, Hutton, and Steno inform us about fossils? Be specific.

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Spell check
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The Hominin family includes __________.

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humans as well as all extinct ancestors after the split from the last common ancestor with chimps

all extinct human ancestors after the split from the last common ancestor with chimps

humans as well as the great apes

all primate ancestors of humans

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The concept of homology suggests that ___________ and ___________ should be central to using primate studies to reconstruct hominin behavior.

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diet, environment

. intelligence, social complexity

morphology, diet

social complexity, genetic comparisons

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Today, humans are the only bipedal mammals.

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True
False
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The footprints at Laetoli in Tanzania were made by __________.

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Au africanus

H. sapiens

Au afarensis

H. neanderthalensis

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The majority of the fossil evidence of the earliest hominins has come from __________.

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the Great Rift Valley of East Africa

sub-Saharan regions in Chad and Niger

South African caves

the Congo Basin in Central Africa

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The earliest definite biped currently known is __________.

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Ardipithecus ramidus

Australopithecus robustus

Australopithecus anamensis

Australopithecus afarensis
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Discuss tool use among early hominins. What types of tools may have been used? When do stone tools appear and what might this mean? How might tool use have impacted hominin intelligence?
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Discuss the role of primate studies in developing models for the origins of bipedalism and human intelligence. In what ways are they valuable? What limitations are there in the use of such studies?