ANTHRCUL 101 EXAM 2 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Analogies - CORRECT ANSWER - Adaptive traits due to convergent evolution.
arboreal - CORRECT ANSWER - Living in the trees.
bipedal - CORRECT ANSWER - two-footed; upright locomotion (of hominins)
Bonobo - CORRECT ANSWER - pygmy chimpanzee
Brachiation - CORRECT ANSWER - Hand-over-hand, under-the-branch swinging; favored
mode of locomotion for gibbons
Primate adaptations - CORRECT ANSWER - Grasping,
Smell to Sight,
Nose to Hand,
Brain Complexity,
Parental Investment,
Sociality
chimpanzee - CORRECT ANSWER - a small, very intelligent African ape with black or
brown fur, our closest relatives
convergent evolutions - CORRECT ANSWER - Similar selective forces produce similar
adaptive traits.
Gigantopithecus - CORRECT ANSWER - greatest ape, twice size of gorilla, ground dweller
, homologies - CORRECT ANSWER - traits inherited from a common ancestor
Nocturnal vs. Diurnal - CORRECT ANSWER - Nocturnal: active at night
Diurnal: active during the day
Old vs. New World Monkeys - CORRECT ANSWER - New world monkeys have Broad
Septum/flat nose, All arboreal, Prehensile tails (grasping). Old world monkeys have Narrow
septum/sharp nose, mostly arboreal, patched for sitting.
prehensile tail - CORRECT ANSWER - A tail that acts as a kind of a hand for support in trees,
common in New World monkeys.
Strepsirrhines (Lemurs and Loreses) VS Haplorrhines (rest of the primates) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Strepsirrhines: Small bodies, Long Snouts/Big ears, Arboreal, Mostly Nocturnal,
Can be solitary
Haplorrhines: Larger Brain Size, Arboreal and terrestrial, Mostly Diurnal, Larger Bodies, More
Complex Sociality
terrestrial - CORRECT ANSWER - ground-dwelling
Acheulean Tools - CORRECT ANSWER - more symmetrical than Oldowan tools,
predetermined forms, used flakes and chipped the core bilaterally and symmetrically (hand axes,
cleavers, stone pics)
Homo Erectus - CORRECT ANSWER - -1.9-0.5 million years ago
-First known migration of member of genus Homo outside of Africa (in Asia/Europe)
-Greater reliance on hunting and food processing (chewing muscles could be smaller)
-Look more like humans: larger cranial capacity, more bipedal, jaw not protruding
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Analogies - CORRECT ANSWER - Adaptive traits due to convergent evolution.
arboreal - CORRECT ANSWER - Living in the trees.
bipedal - CORRECT ANSWER - two-footed; upright locomotion (of hominins)
Bonobo - CORRECT ANSWER - pygmy chimpanzee
Brachiation - CORRECT ANSWER - Hand-over-hand, under-the-branch swinging; favored
mode of locomotion for gibbons
Primate adaptations - CORRECT ANSWER - Grasping,
Smell to Sight,
Nose to Hand,
Brain Complexity,
Parental Investment,
Sociality
chimpanzee - CORRECT ANSWER - a small, very intelligent African ape with black or
brown fur, our closest relatives
convergent evolutions - CORRECT ANSWER - Similar selective forces produce similar
adaptive traits.
Gigantopithecus - CORRECT ANSWER - greatest ape, twice size of gorilla, ground dweller
, homologies - CORRECT ANSWER - traits inherited from a common ancestor
Nocturnal vs. Diurnal - CORRECT ANSWER - Nocturnal: active at night
Diurnal: active during the day
Old vs. New World Monkeys - CORRECT ANSWER - New world monkeys have Broad
Septum/flat nose, All arboreal, Prehensile tails (grasping). Old world monkeys have Narrow
septum/sharp nose, mostly arboreal, patched for sitting.
prehensile tail - CORRECT ANSWER - A tail that acts as a kind of a hand for support in trees,
common in New World monkeys.
Strepsirrhines (Lemurs and Loreses) VS Haplorrhines (rest of the primates) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Strepsirrhines: Small bodies, Long Snouts/Big ears, Arboreal, Mostly Nocturnal,
Can be solitary
Haplorrhines: Larger Brain Size, Arboreal and terrestrial, Mostly Diurnal, Larger Bodies, More
Complex Sociality
terrestrial - CORRECT ANSWER - ground-dwelling
Acheulean Tools - CORRECT ANSWER - more symmetrical than Oldowan tools,
predetermined forms, used flakes and chipped the core bilaterally and symmetrically (hand axes,
cleavers, stone pics)
Homo Erectus - CORRECT ANSWER - -1.9-0.5 million years ago
-First known migration of member of genus Homo outside of Africa (in Asia/Europe)
-Greater reliance on hunting and food processing (chewing muscles could be smaller)
-Look more like humans: larger cranial capacity, more bipedal, jaw not protruding
