Anthropology 250 Online Quiz Questions (5 - 10
and final exam practice)
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If a chimpanzee is fishing she is drawing upon having an opposable thumb
for termites using a stick,
which primate anatomical
characteristics is she
drawing upon to do so?
what does the this reflects a type of primate locomotion
intermembral index
reflect?
using all four limbs to this is referred to as quadrupedal locomotion
support the body during
movement is referred to
as which type of
locomotion?
language experiments they have some ability to use signs to communicate
with chimpanzees,
bonobos and gorillas
induce which of the
following?
chimpanzees sometimes this implies considerable planning and forethought
select a stem for eventual
use in termite fishing and
begin stripping its leaves
even before the termite
mound is in sight. what
does this imply?
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behaviours such as baring agonistic behaviours
canines, displays and
intergroup conflict are
examples of:
what best describes these are generalized and lack specializations
primate teeth?
what is a disadvantage to natural foraging patterns are disrupted
studying primates living in
captive populations?
As a group, what do they tend to be generalized
primates tend to be?
behaviours such as flirting, affiliative behaviours
play and grooming are
examples of:
Obligate bipeds have lost they have lost the opposable toe
what generalized
characteristic?
this is the space between adjacent teeth where
define diastema:
canines fit when the mouth is closed
this defines impressions of the inner cranium and outer
define endocast:
brain surface
define prognathism: this defines projecting lower face
birth timing is established energetics of gestation and growth
by a mother's ability to
continue to provide
energy. after nine months
of gestation, it is more
energy efficient to provide
for a neonate than to
continue gestation. this is
a definition of which
hypothesis?
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