Archaeology Midterm #2 (Chapters 7-11)
correctly answered to pass
Mammalia - correct answer ✔✔The class that ALL primates are included in
Arboreal - correct answer ✔✔Adapted to living in trees
Omnivorous - correct answer ✔✔They eat all kinds of food, including insects and
small animals. Both meat and vegetation.
Molars - correct answer ✔✔The large teeth behind the premolars at the back of
the jaw; used for chewing and grinding food
Premolars - correct answer ✔✔The teeth immediately behind the canines; used in
chewing, grinding, and shearing food. The bicuspid teeth
"The chewing teeth" - correct answer ✔✔Molars and Premolars
Incisors - correct answer ✔✔The front teeth; used for holding or seizing food and
preparing it for chewing by the other teeth
Canines - correct answer ✔✔The cone shaped teeth immediately behind the
incisors; used by most primates to seize food in fighting and display
,The Front Teeth - correct answer ✔✔Incisors and canines
Prehensile - correct answer ✔✔Adapted for grasping objects
Opposable Thumbs - correct answer ✔✔A thumb that can tough the tips of all
other fingers
Stereoscopic Vision - correct answer ✔✔The eyes are directed forward instead of
sideways; a characteristic of mammals
Common Traits of Primates - correct answer ✔✔1. Rotating Forearm
2. Relatively large brains
3. Reduction of sense of smell
4. Expansion of visual area
5. Forward-facing eyes
6. Grasping hands and feet
Diurnal - correct answer ✔✔Active during the day
(A social trait of primates)
Dependency Periods of:
1. Lemurs
2. Macaque
3. Gibbon
4. Chimpanzee
, 5. Orangutan
6. Human - correct answer ✔✔1. 2 and 1/2 years
2. 7 and 1/2 years
3. 8 and 1/2 years
4. 10 years
5. 10 and 1/2 years
6. 20 years
The advantage to prolonged dependency of Monkeys and Apes - correct answer
✔✔It allows infants more time to observe and learn the complex behaviours
essential to survival while enjoying the care and protection of mature adults.
Mastripieri and Colleagues - correct answer ✔✔Studied lowland gorilla, infant-
mother relationships and determined that infants took a more active roll in
engaging mothers in active learning activities.
Primate Communication - correct answer ✔✔1. Sound
2. Body odour
3. Body movement
Referential - correct answer ✔✔Vocalizations that refer to an object or event
The "Older" Primates - correct answer ✔✔1. Prosimians
2. Anthropoids