Anthropology Exam 5 Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update 2025 Already Passed
7 - Answers fossil evidence indicates a more definite hominin presence sometime after ___ mya
biocultural nature of human evolution - Answers nature of human evolution that involves morphological
structure of teeth and bones, and also behavior
Africa - Answers earliest members of human family confined to ______
Africa - Answers placental mammal radiation at __ mya
primitive; generalized - Answers fossils are _________ and __________
Paleocenes - Answers time period 65-56 mya
plesiadapiforms - Answers Paleocene primates belong to primitive mammal group ___________; earliest
known primates
Eocene - Answers time period 56-33 mya
200 - Answers how many recognized species in Eocene
Darwinius; from Eocene Mussel site in Germany; 47 mya - Answers most complete early primate ever
found (2009); from where? how old?
False: not likely to indicate a close connection - Answers T/F: Darwinius indicates a close connection
between us and other anthropoids
true - Answers T/F: Eocene fossils are widely distributed
true: 33 mya - Answers T/F: Eocene primates were mostly extinct by end of Eocene
dental comb - Answers What derived feature do Eocene primates share with lemurs and lorises, or
tarsiers
No: only lemurs, lorises, maybe tarsiers - Answers T/F: Eocene primates appear ancestral to several later
primates
North Africa from 50 mya; Egypt from 37 mya - Answers Eocene anthropoid evidence in ? from when?
and also ?
Oligocene - Answers Time period 33-23 mya
Old World anthropoids; Egypt, the Fayum, and a few North and South American New World monkeys
fossils - Answers Oligocene fossils represent? found where?
both Old and New World anthropoids, since continental drift occurred at early Oligocene - Answers
earliest Fayum species may relate to?
, rafting on land chunks - Answers how might anthropoids have reached South America to become
primitive monkeys?
35 mya - Answers Old and New World monkeys separate after ?
Apidium; represented by several dozen jaws or partial dentitions, and postcranial remains - Answers
what genus found in the Fayum
False; lies near or before - Answers T/F: Apidium period lies after the divergence of Old/New World
anthropoids
fruits, some seeds - Answers Diet of apidium
arboreal quadruped that could leap and spring - Answers locomotion
Aegyptopithecus - Answers time period 35-33 mya
several well-preserved crania and abundant jaws and teeth - Answers evidence of Aegyptopithecus
largest of Fayum anthopoids - size of modern howler monkey (13/18 lbs) - Answers size of
Aegyptopithecus
short-limbed, slow-moving arboreal quadruped - Answers locomotion of Aegyptopithecus
Eocene fossils and Miocene homonids - Answers Aegyptopithecus bridges gap between?
Old World anthropoid; small brain, long snout - Answers Describe physical features of Aegyptopithecus
False - may be close to both - suggests hominoids diverged from OW anthropoids after this time -
Answers T/F: Aegyptopithecus shares derived features with OW monkeys and hominoids
23-5 mya - Answers Time period of Miocene
E/S Africa, SW/S Asia, W/S Europe and China - Answers Miocene "golden age for hominoids" where
continental drift altered ocean currents and caused warmer climate, plus allowed migration from NE
Africa to the Arabian plate into SW Asia - Answers why and how did Miocene primates migrate
the African hominoids - Answers the first transcontinental migrants were?
geographically widespread, numerous, span the entire Miocene, and are poorly understood - Answers
Characterize Miocene in general
African forms in Western Kenya - Answers Which Miocene group existed 23-14 mya
generalized; genus Proconsul shares derives features of teeth with hominoids - Answers Describe
African forms of Miocene and give best known genus
7 - Answers fossil evidence indicates a more definite hominin presence sometime after ___ mya
biocultural nature of human evolution - Answers nature of human evolution that involves morphological
structure of teeth and bones, and also behavior
Africa - Answers earliest members of human family confined to ______
Africa - Answers placental mammal radiation at __ mya
primitive; generalized - Answers fossils are _________ and __________
Paleocenes - Answers time period 65-56 mya
plesiadapiforms - Answers Paleocene primates belong to primitive mammal group ___________; earliest
known primates
Eocene - Answers time period 56-33 mya
200 - Answers how many recognized species in Eocene
Darwinius; from Eocene Mussel site in Germany; 47 mya - Answers most complete early primate ever
found (2009); from where? how old?
False: not likely to indicate a close connection - Answers T/F: Darwinius indicates a close connection
between us and other anthropoids
true - Answers T/F: Eocene fossils are widely distributed
true: 33 mya - Answers T/F: Eocene primates were mostly extinct by end of Eocene
dental comb - Answers What derived feature do Eocene primates share with lemurs and lorises, or
tarsiers
No: only lemurs, lorises, maybe tarsiers - Answers T/F: Eocene primates appear ancestral to several later
primates
North Africa from 50 mya; Egypt from 37 mya - Answers Eocene anthropoid evidence in ? from when?
and also ?
Oligocene - Answers Time period 33-23 mya
Old World anthropoids; Egypt, the Fayum, and a few North and South American New World monkeys
fossils - Answers Oligocene fossils represent? found where?
both Old and New World anthropoids, since continental drift occurred at early Oligocene - Answers
earliest Fayum species may relate to?
, rafting on land chunks - Answers how might anthropoids have reached South America to become
primitive monkeys?
35 mya - Answers Old and New World monkeys separate after ?
Apidium; represented by several dozen jaws or partial dentitions, and postcranial remains - Answers
what genus found in the Fayum
False; lies near or before - Answers T/F: Apidium period lies after the divergence of Old/New World
anthropoids
fruits, some seeds - Answers Diet of apidium
arboreal quadruped that could leap and spring - Answers locomotion
Aegyptopithecus - Answers time period 35-33 mya
several well-preserved crania and abundant jaws and teeth - Answers evidence of Aegyptopithecus
largest of Fayum anthopoids - size of modern howler monkey (13/18 lbs) - Answers size of
Aegyptopithecus
short-limbed, slow-moving arboreal quadruped - Answers locomotion of Aegyptopithecus
Eocene fossils and Miocene homonids - Answers Aegyptopithecus bridges gap between?
Old World anthropoid; small brain, long snout - Answers Describe physical features of Aegyptopithecus
False - may be close to both - suggests hominoids diverged from OW anthropoids after this time -
Answers T/F: Aegyptopithecus shares derived features with OW monkeys and hominoids
23-5 mya - Answers Time period of Miocene
E/S Africa, SW/S Asia, W/S Europe and China - Answers Miocene "golden age for hominoids" where
continental drift altered ocean currents and caused warmer climate, plus allowed migration from NE
Africa to the Arabian plate into SW Asia - Answers why and how did Miocene primates migrate
the African hominoids - Answers the first transcontinental migrants were?
geographically widespread, numerous, span the entire Miocene, and are poorly understood - Answers
Characterize Miocene in general
African forms in Western Kenya - Answers Which Miocene group existed 23-14 mya
generalized; genus Proconsul shares derives features of teeth with hominoids - Answers Describe
African forms of Miocene and give best known genus
