ANTH 1210 (Midterm 2-Final) correctly
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3 characteristics that define a primate - correct answer ✔✔arboreal adaption,
dietary plasticity, parental investment
arboreal adaptations - correct answer ✔✔versatile skeletal structure, enhanced
sense of tough, enhanced vision, reduced reliance on smell
incisors - correct answer ✔✔bite into smaller pieces, thin/blade like
canines - correct answer ✔✔grasp + capture prey, conical, long root
premolars/molars - correct answer ✔✔chop/crush, large chewing surface
dental formula of humans - correct answer ✔✔2.1.2.3
dental formula of old world monkeys - correct answer ✔✔2.1.2.3
dental formula of new world monkeys - correct answer ✔✔2.1.3.3/2.1.3.2
dental formula of tarsiers/lemurs/lorises - correct answer ✔✔2.1.3.3
Bilophodant - correct answer ✔✔two ridged tooth; old world monkeys (4-cusps)
,Y-5 - correct answer ✔✔five separate cusps; apes + humans
Suborder Strepsirhini: Characteristics - correct answer ✔✔large olfactory bulbs,
nails and claws, primitive dentition, large eyes + orbits, nocturnal
Strepsirhine examples: - correct answer ✔✔lemurs, lorises, galagos (also belong
to Infraorder Lemuriformes)
Suborder Haplorhini examples: - correct answer ✔✔tarsiers, monkeys (old and
new), apes and humans
Infraorder Anthropoidea - correct answer ✔✔old and new world monkeys, apes
and humans
Infraorder Tarsiformes - correct answer ✔✔teeth like anthropoids, smaller brains
like strepsirhines, immobile large eyes, nocturnal
Haplorhines - correct answer ✔✔larger brains, sexual dimorphism, fewer teeth,
convergent eyes, color vision
Parvorder Platyrrhini - correct answer ✔✔New world monkeys, broad nose
Parvorder Catarrhini - correct answer ✔✔Old world monkeys, hooked nose, apes
and humans
, Platyrrhines - correct answer ✔✔wide range in size/diet/adaptions, almost
exclusively arboreal. Families: cebid and atelid
Family Cebidae examples - correct answer ✔✔marmoset, capuchin, tamarin
Family Atelidae examples - correct answer ✔✔howler, spider, wooley
Catarrhines - correct answer ✔✔most widely distributed primate, social.
Superfamilies: cercopithecoids and hominoidea
superfamily cercopithecoids - correct answer ✔✔most diverse/successful
nonhuman primate, ischial callosities, non prehensile tail (2 subfamilies colobinae
and cercopithecinae)
colobinae example - correct answer ✔✔colobus
cercopithecinae examples - correct answer ✔✔madrill, baboons, macaques
family hylobatidae - correct answer ✔✔lesser apes
family hominidae - correct answer ✔✔great apes and humans
hylobitae examples - correct answer ✔✔gibbons and siamangs
3 subfamilies of hominidae - correct answer ✔✔pongidae, gorillinae and
homininae
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3 characteristics that define a primate - correct answer ✔✔arboreal adaption,
dietary plasticity, parental investment
arboreal adaptations - correct answer ✔✔versatile skeletal structure, enhanced
sense of tough, enhanced vision, reduced reliance on smell
incisors - correct answer ✔✔bite into smaller pieces, thin/blade like
canines - correct answer ✔✔grasp + capture prey, conical, long root
premolars/molars - correct answer ✔✔chop/crush, large chewing surface
dental formula of humans - correct answer ✔✔2.1.2.3
dental formula of old world monkeys - correct answer ✔✔2.1.2.3
dental formula of new world monkeys - correct answer ✔✔2.1.3.3/2.1.3.2
dental formula of tarsiers/lemurs/lorises - correct answer ✔✔2.1.3.3
Bilophodant - correct answer ✔✔two ridged tooth; old world monkeys (4-cusps)
,Y-5 - correct answer ✔✔five separate cusps; apes + humans
Suborder Strepsirhini: Characteristics - correct answer ✔✔large olfactory bulbs,
nails and claws, primitive dentition, large eyes + orbits, nocturnal
Strepsirhine examples: - correct answer ✔✔lemurs, lorises, galagos (also belong
to Infraorder Lemuriformes)
Suborder Haplorhini examples: - correct answer ✔✔tarsiers, monkeys (old and
new), apes and humans
Infraorder Anthropoidea - correct answer ✔✔old and new world monkeys, apes
and humans
Infraorder Tarsiformes - correct answer ✔✔teeth like anthropoids, smaller brains
like strepsirhines, immobile large eyes, nocturnal
Haplorhines - correct answer ✔✔larger brains, sexual dimorphism, fewer teeth,
convergent eyes, color vision
Parvorder Platyrrhini - correct answer ✔✔New world monkeys, broad nose
Parvorder Catarrhini - correct answer ✔✔Old world monkeys, hooked nose, apes
and humans
, Platyrrhines - correct answer ✔✔wide range in size/diet/adaptions, almost
exclusively arboreal. Families: cebid and atelid
Family Cebidae examples - correct answer ✔✔marmoset, capuchin, tamarin
Family Atelidae examples - correct answer ✔✔howler, spider, wooley
Catarrhines - correct answer ✔✔most widely distributed primate, social.
Superfamilies: cercopithecoids and hominoidea
superfamily cercopithecoids - correct answer ✔✔most diverse/successful
nonhuman primate, ischial callosities, non prehensile tail (2 subfamilies colobinae
and cercopithecinae)
colobinae example - correct answer ✔✔colobus
cercopithecinae examples - correct answer ✔✔madrill, baboons, macaques
family hylobatidae - correct answer ✔✔lesser apes
family hominidae - correct answer ✔✔great apes and humans
hylobitae examples - correct answer ✔✔gibbons and siamangs
3 subfamilies of hominidae - correct answer ✔✔pongidae, gorillinae and
homininae
