ANTH 1210: Test 2 questions with
complete solutions graded A+ passed
Primatology - correct answer ✔✔- study of primates
- studies anatomical and behavioral features to make inferences about primate
evolution
- studies distinctive traits of humans to understand why the line of primate that
led to humans branched away from the line leading to chimps and gorillas
8 Derived Traits That All Primates Share - correct answer ✔✔1) Development of
Grasping Hands/Feet
2) Vision is Dominant Sense
3) Tendency for Hands to Be Used for Exploration
4) Number of Reduced Offspring
5) Length of Time Primates Learn About Their Environment
6) Longer Life Span and Immaturity
7) Relative Brain Size
8) Tendency to Live in Permanent Groups
Retention of Clavicle - correct answer ✔✔- All primates have then
- Most mammals have lost them
- Support for torso in order to brachiate from limb to limb
Two Orders of Primates - correct answer ✔✔1) Prosimians
, 2) Anthropoids
Prosimians - correct answer ✔✔- Wet noses to enhance smell (depend on it)
- Range from Africa, SE Asia and Madagascar
- Small sized
- Includes lemurs, tarsiers and lorises
Anthropoids - correct answer ✔✔1) Platyrrhines - New World
2) Catarrhines - Old World
Modern Humans Dental Formation - correct answer ✔✔2-1-2-3 pattern
- 32 teeth
Lemurs - correct answer ✔✔- Survived in isolation (Madagascar)
- Least human-like
- Evolved very little
- 50 species
- Rhinarium, long tail, tactile whiskers, flaw on second toe
- Omnivores
- Some nocturnal some dinural
Lorises - correct answer ✔✔- Africa and SE Asia
- All nocturnal
complete solutions graded A+ passed
Primatology - correct answer ✔✔- study of primates
- studies anatomical and behavioral features to make inferences about primate
evolution
- studies distinctive traits of humans to understand why the line of primate that
led to humans branched away from the line leading to chimps and gorillas
8 Derived Traits That All Primates Share - correct answer ✔✔1) Development of
Grasping Hands/Feet
2) Vision is Dominant Sense
3) Tendency for Hands to Be Used for Exploration
4) Number of Reduced Offspring
5) Length of Time Primates Learn About Their Environment
6) Longer Life Span and Immaturity
7) Relative Brain Size
8) Tendency to Live in Permanent Groups
Retention of Clavicle - correct answer ✔✔- All primates have then
- Most mammals have lost them
- Support for torso in order to brachiate from limb to limb
Two Orders of Primates - correct answer ✔✔1) Prosimians
, 2) Anthropoids
Prosimians - correct answer ✔✔- Wet noses to enhance smell (depend on it)
- Range from Africa, SE Asia and Madagascar
- Small sized
- Includes lemurs, tarsiers and lorises
Anthropoids - correct answer ✔✔1) Platyrrhines - New World
2) Catarrhines - Old World
Modern Humans Dental Formation - correct answer ✔✔2-1-2-3 pattern
- 32 teeth
Lemurs - correct answer ✔✔- Survived in isolation (Madagascar)
- Least human-like
- Evolved very little
- 50 species
- Rhinarium, long tail, tactile whiskers, flaw on second toe
- Omnivores
- Some nocturnal some dinural
Lorises - correct answer ✔✔- Africa and SE Asia
- All nocturnal
