ANT 2511 Exam 2 | UPDATED Questions with 100%
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Q1: Morphology
A: Anatomical structure (shape, size)
Q2: Primitive traits
A: Traits present in ancestral form
•Obsolete but lasted so long because they WORK--> 4 limbs, old doesn't mean inferior
Q3: Derived
A: •Newer, used to differentiate traits from one another
Q4: Why are primates unique
A: Specialized morphology traits
Q5: Arboreal adaptation
A: Primates live in trees and are good at it
Q6: Specialized traits
A: •Evolved for particular function, not present in the ancestor
Q7: 4 traits of arboreal adaptation
A: •Versatile skeletal structure
•Enhanced touch
•Enhanced vision, •Reduced reliance on smell/hearing
Q8: Versatile skeletal structure
A: flexible, helps prehensibility (grasping), erect posture, opposable thumb, pentadactility
(five digits)
Q9: Enhanced touch
A: tacile pads, fingerprints for grip, hands for exploring/manipulating
Q10: Enhanced vision
A: eyes in front of head, overlapping field of vision, see in color (most)
Q11: 2133
A: ALL THE Ps!!!! any monkey from central and south america
, Q12: 2123
A: Anything that DOESNT start with P!!!! Apes, humans, catarrhines same amount of teeth
Q13: Parental investment
A: Invest alot, few offspring.
•Efficient nourishment, Fewer offspring
•Take longer to grow up
•Longer gestation
•Delayed maturation
•Flexible learned behavior
Tendency to live in large, complex groups
Q14: Eeocene era
A: Early primates
Q15: Euprimates
A: first true primates, ancestral to modern prosimians
Q16: Euprimates examples
A: Adapids, omomyids
Q17: Adapids
A: related to modern lemurs-- nocturnal
Q18: Omomyids
A: related to modern tarsiers
Verified Answers
Q1: Morphology
A: Anatomical structure (shape, size)
Q2: Primitive traits
A: Traits present in ancestral form
•Obsolete but lasted so long because they WORK--> 4 limbs, old doesn't mean inferior
Q3: Derived
A: •Newer, used to differentiate traits from one another
Q4: Why are primates unique
A: Specialized morphology traits
Q5: Arboreal adaptation
A: Primates live in trees and are good at it
Q6: Specialized traits
A: •Evolved for particular function, not present in the ancestor
Q7: 4 traits of arboreal adaptation
A: •Versatile skeletal structure
•Enhanced touch
•Enhanced vision, •Reduced reliance on smell/hearing
Q8: Versatile skeletal structure
A: flexible, helps prehensibility (grasping), erect posture, opposable thumb, pentadactility
(five digits)
Q9: Enhanced touch
A: tacile pads, fingerprints for grip, hands for exploring/manipulating
Q10: Enhanced vision
A: eyes in front of head, overlapping field of vision, see in color (most)
Q11: 2133
A: ALL THE Ps!!!! any monkey from central and south america
, Q12: 2123
A: Anything that DOESNT start with P!!!! Apes, humans, catarrhines same amount of teeth
Q13: Parental investment
A: Invest alot, few offspring.
•Efficient nourishment, Fewer offspring
•Take longer to grow up
•Longer gestation
•Delayed maturation
•Flexible learned behavior
Tendency to live in large, complex groups
Q14: Eeocene era
A: Early primates
Q15: Euprimates
A: first true primates, ancestral to modern prosimians
Q16: Euprimates examples
A: Adapids, omomyids
Q17: Adapids
A: related to modern lemurs-- nocturnal
Q18: Omomyids
A: related to modern tarsiers
