Anthrcul 101 umich exam 1 hollenbach
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The 5 key primate qualities discussed in lecture. - CORRECT ANSWER - Dexterity, Visual
Acuity, Big Brains, Infant Dependency, Social
Where do primates live? Where do apes specifically live? - CORRECT ANSWER - Primates
live everywhere except most of Antarctica, apes live in central Africa and near the Phillipines.
Strepsirrhines vs. Haplorrhines - CORRECT ANSWER - Strepsirrhines are lemurs and lorises
smaller body and brain and nocturnal. Haplorrhines are new and old world monkeys larger brain
to body ratio and large portion of brain dedicated to vision.
Nocturnal vs. Diurnal - CORRECT ANSWER - Nocturnal: active at night
Diurnal: active during the day
Homologies - CORRECT ANSWER - phenotypic and genetic similarities due to shared
ancestry
Analogous - CORRECT ANSWER - similar in appearance or function, but independent of
shared ancestry
Convergent Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER - Evolution toward similar characteristics in
unrelated species
Chimpanzee: territoriality, possibly even "conquest." - CORRECT ANSWER - Internal
hierarchies, teritorial, violent, conquest.
, Bonobos: Our closest living relative in the animal kingdom. Know their characteristics as I
described them in lecture. - CORRECT ANSWER - Peaceful, females hold power, can be
agressive but mostly to outsiders.
Differences between chimpanzees and bonobos. - CORRECT ANSWER - Their approach to
conflict. Chimpanzees are violent and males generally hold power. Bonobos are peaceful and
engage in non reproductive sex to avoid conflict.
Brachiation - CORRECT ANSWER - a method of movement that uses the arms to swing from
branch to branch
Knuckle-Walking - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of movement used by chimpanzees and
gorillas that is characterized by all four limbs touching the ground, with the weight of the arms
resting on the knuckles of the hands
Bipedalism - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to walk upright on two legs
Old World vs. New World Monkeys. - CORRECT ANSWER - New world: live in americas,
smaller, can grasp things with their tails. Old world: asia and africa, larger and terrestrail, active
during the day.
The Greek words that make up anthropology and what they mean - CORRECT ANSWER -
Anthropos : "humankind" Logoz : "word ,study"
Anthropology is both holistic and comparative - CORRECT ANSWER - Holistic: we are
studying the past and present different domains of human life. ( looking at how it has been and
what it can be ), Comparative: compares the different cultures and societies as well as analyzing
them separately.
Familiarization and Defamiliarization - CORRECT ANSWER - making the strange familiar
and making the familiar strange
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The 5 key primate qualities discussed in lecture. - CORRECT ANSWER - Dexterity, Visual
Acuity, Big Brains, Infant Dependency, Social
Where do primates live? Where do apes specifically live? - CORRECT ANSWER - Primates
live everywhere except most of Antarctica, apes live in central Africa and near the Phillipines.
Strepsirrhines vs. Haplorrhines - CORRECT ANSWER - Strepsirrhines are lemurs and lorises
smaller body and brain and nocturnal. Haplorrhines are new and old world monkeys larger brain
to body ratio and large portion of brain dedicated to vision.
Nocturnal vs. Diurnal - CORRECT ANSWER - Nocturnal: active at night
Diurnal: active during the day
Homologies - CORRECT ANSWER - phenotypic and genetic similarities due to shared
ancestry
Analogous - CORRECT ANSWER - similar in appearance or function, but independent of
shared ancestry
Convergent Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER - Evolution toward similar characteristics in
unrelated species
Chimpanzee: territoriality, possibly even "conquest." - CORRECT ANSWER - Internal
hierarchies, teritorial, violent, conquest.
, Bonobos: Our closest living relative in the animal kingdom. Know their characteristics as I
described them in lecture. - CORRECT ANSWER - Peaceful, females hold power, can be
agressive but mostly to outsiders.
Differences between chimpanzees and bonobos. - CORRECT ANSWER - Their approach to
conflict. Chimpanzees are violent and males generally hold power. Bonobos are peaceful and
engage in non reproductive sex to avoid conflict.
Brachiation - CORRECT ANSWER - a method of movement that uses the arms to swing from
branch to branch
Knuckle-Walking - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of movement used by chimpanzees and
gorillas that is characterized by all four limbs touching the ground, with the weight of the arms
resting on the knuckles of the hands
Bipedalism - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to walk upright on two legs
Old World vs. New World Monkeys. - CORRECT ANSWER - New world: live in americas,
smaller, can grasp things with their tails. Old world: asia and africa, larger and terrestrail, active
during the day.
The Greek words that make up anthropology and what they mean - CORRECT ANSWER -
Anthropos : "humankind" Logoz : "word ,study"
Anthropology is both holistic and comparative - CORRECT ANSWER - Holistic: we are
studying the past and present different domains of human life. ( looking at how it has been and
what it can be ), Comparative: compares the different cultures and societies as well as analyzing
them separately.
Familiarization and Defamiliarization - CORRECT ANSWER - making the strange familiar
and making the familiar strange
