Anthro2B Final EXAM 2025/2026 ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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What are the features of strepsirrhines? (6) - ANSWER-wet
rhinarium (nose), dental comb (lower incisors & canines jet
outwards), postorbital bar, toilet claw (2nd toe's nail/claw jet
out), unfused frontal bone (doesn't fuse until adulthood),
unfused mandible (lower jaw are ligaments/separate bones that
fuse as adults)
What are the 2 superfamilies of strepsirrhines? - ANSWER-
lemuroidea (all
lemurs) & larisoidea (galagos, lorises,
Asian possums)
T/F: strepsirrhines don't have many ancestral primate
characteristics -
ANSWER-
false
,Features, locale, competition of lemuroids - ANSWER-big
toe, native to
Madagascar, did not have anthropoids so no
competition
What are the behaviors of lorisoids in Africa & Asia? -
ANSWER-nocturnal
(avoided competition), ran around w/ monkeys, apes,
and humans
What is the social organization of lemuroids & lorisoids? -
ANSWER-Lemuroids
- more diversity, multiple male and female groups,
mongamy & solitary (1
individual defending
territory)
Lorisoids- solitary
What creatures are part of haplorhinies? - ANSWER-tarsierss,
monkeys, apes,
humans
What are the 2 evolutionary scales? - ANSWER-
Microevolution &
,Macroevolution
What are the features of the anatomy of bipedalism? -
ANSWER-foramen magnum is located beneath cranium, s-
curve in spine, curved/short/wide ilium of pelvis, gluteus
medius muscles are abductors, femurs slant downwards (not in
line w tibia), toes are short, big toes are non-divergent (in line w
other toes), foot arches
Define: foramen magnum - ANSWER-large hole through
which spinal cord
exists l
skul
indicates posture
what are the parts of the pelvis? - ANSWER-ilium (upper),
ischium (sitting),
pubis
(pubic)
What are the anatomical features of quadrapeds? - ANSWER-
foramen magnum is parallel to the ground (back of cranium),
apes have long/narrow/flat ilium (high center of gravity),
, gluteus medius muscles are extensors and anchor on back of
pelvis, femurs run straight to knee, long toes, big toe divergent
for grasping, flat feet
What early hominins were found in E & Central Africa during
late Miocene & Pliocene? - ANSWER-Sahelanthropus
tchadensis -thick molar enamel, small cranial capacity, smaller
canines, foramen magnum underneath cranium
Ardipithecus (2 species: ardipithecus kadaba & ramidus) -ape
like features, large canines & sectorial premolar, thin molar
enamel, foramen magnum under cranium, broad & short ilium,
divergent big toe
Australopithecus anamensis -large canines, thick molar enamel,
bipedal
Australopithecus afarensis - ANSWER-"Lucy," found in E
Africa 3.75-3 million
years
ago
features: prognathic, small cranial capacity, pneumatized,
mandible, large molars, thick enamel, premolars developing
2nd cusp, extreme sexual dimorphism, arms long relative to
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ / 2025
BRAND NEW!!
What are the features of strepsirrhines? (6) - ANSWER-wet
rhinarium (nose), dental comb (lower incisors & canines jet
outwards), postorbital bar, toilet claw (2nd toe's nail/claw jet
out), unfused frontal bone (doesn't fuse until adulthood),
unfused mandible (lower jaw are ligaments/separate bones that
fuse as adults)
What are the 2 superfamilies of strepsirrhines? - ANSWER-
lemuroidea (all
lemurs) & larisoidea (galagos, lorises,
Asian possums)
T/F: strepsirrhines don't have many ancestral primate
characteristics -
ANSWER-
false
,Features, locale, competition of lemuroids - ANSWER-big
toe, native to
Madagascar, did not have anthropoids so no
competition
What are the behaviors of lorisoids in Africa & Asia? -
ANSWER-nocturnal
(avoided competition), ran around w/ monkeys, apes,
and humans
What is the social organization of lemuroids & lorisoids? -
ANSWER-Lemuroids
- more diversity, multiple male and female groups,
mongamy & solitary (1
individual defending
territory)
Lorisoids- solitary
What creatures are part of haplorhinies? - ANSWER-tarsierss,
monkeys, apes,
humans
What are the 2 evolutionary scales? - ANSWER-
Microevolution &
,Macroevolution
What are the features of the anatomy of bipedalism? -
ANSWER-foramen magnum is located beneath cranium, s-
curve in spine, curved/short/wide ilium of pelvis, gluteus
medius muscles are abductors, femurs slant downwards (not in
line w tibia), toes are short, big toes are non-divergent (in line w
other toes), foot arches
Define: foramen magnum - ANSWER-large hole through
which spinal cord
exists l
skul
indicates posture
what are the parts of the pelvis? - ANSWER-ilium (upper),
ischium (sitting),
pubis
(pubic)
What are the anatomical features of quadrapeds? - ANSWER-
foramen magnum is parallel to the ground (back of cranium),
apes have long/narrow/flat ilium (high center of gravity),
, gluteus medius muscles are extensors and anchor on back of
pelvis, femurs run straight to knee, long toes, big toe divergent
for grasping, flat feet
What early hominins were found in E & Central Africa during
late Miocene & Pliocene? - ANSWER-Sahelanthropus
tchadensis -thick molar enamel, small cranial capacity, smaller
canines, foramen magnum underneath cranium
Ardipithecus (2 species: ardipithecus kadaba & ramidus) -ape
like features, large canines & sectorial premolar, thin molar
enamel, foramen magnum under cranium, broad & short ilium,
divergent big toe
Australopithecus anamensis -large canines, thick molar enamel,
bipedal
Australopithecus afarensis - ANSWER-"Lucy," found in E
Africa 3.75-3 million
years
ago
features: prognathic, small cranial capacity, pneumatized,
mandible, large molars, thick enamel, premolars developing
2nd cusp, extreme sexual dimorphism, arms long relative to
