Anthro 2200 Lab Questions 4-8 Exam 2 – Flashcards
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Asia
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In what regions of the world were the sivapithecines located?
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Dryopithecus
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Which one of the following groups was found in Europe?
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Dental formula of 2-1-3-3
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Which of the following traits would you NOT expect to find in the proconsulids?
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Africa
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Where were Aegyptopithecus found?
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A fossil species with a post-crania that is monkey-like and teeth that are ape-like
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What is a "dental ape?
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propliopithecids
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Which fossilized primate group is likely ancestral to all extant catarrhines but not primitive enough to also be ancestral to platyrrhines?
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adapids
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Which fossilized primate group is likely ancestral to modern-day lemurs?
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What anatomical feature is NOT present in omomyids and modern-day tarsiers?
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What anatomical feature is NOT present in omomyids and modern-day tarsiers?
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complete post-orbital closure, narrow and short snout, and a dental formula of 2-1-3-3
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Apidium is a likely ancestor to modern platyrrhines because it has:
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omomyids
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Which group represents an Eocene euprimate?
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Mammalia
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All Primates belong to which biological class?
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True
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T/F: Homologies are features that have developed based on convergent evolution.
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postorbital plate
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Which of the following is lacking in strepsirhines but present in haplorhines?
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short development periods and little investment in offspring
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Compared to other mammals, primates are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
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3-1-4-3
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What is the ancestral primate dental formula?
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spider monkey
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Which of the following is not a Hominoid?
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homodont dentition
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Which of the following is not considered a distinguishing feature of mammals?
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True
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T/F: Platyrrhines typically possess three premolars in each quadrant of this mouth, while catarrhines have two premolars in each quadrant of their mouth.
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bilophodont
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What type of molar pattern do the cercopithecoids express?
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Prehensile tail
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Some platyrrhines possess which trait that is lacking other primates?
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fruit
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If a primate possesses low, rounded molars, on which type of food do they likely primarily subsist?
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folivary
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if a primate possesses molars with high shearing crests, they probably expels which type of feeding pattern?
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apes
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Brachiation is generally associated with which taxonomic group?
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tree gum
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The stout procumbent incisors of callitrichids are adaptive for subsisting on what type of food?
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radius, humerus, femur, tibia
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What skeletal elements provide the best way to examine the locomotor patterns of primate?
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knuckle-walking
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Most terrestrial quadrupeds walk on the palms of their hands, but some species engage in a different form known as:
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strepsirhines
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Which taxonomic group is highly adapted for vertical clinging and leaping?
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folivores
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Sacculated stomachs are commonly expressed among:
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platyrrhines
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Members of which taxonomic group use their prehensile tails during locomotion?
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bipedalism
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What is the rarest form of primate locomotion that is only habitually used by one living primate species?
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creation of calcium
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Which of the following is not a function of the skeleton?
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temporality
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What type of information can we NOT learn from comparing a fossilized skeleton with modern species?
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False
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T/F: Humans have three premolars.
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the transverse plane
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Which plane divides the body horizontally?
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cervical
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What type of vertebrae are located most superiorly?
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false
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T/F: The coronal plane divides the body into right and left halves.
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false
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T/F: In general, the articulations of the axial skeleton are more mobile than those of the appendicular skeleton.
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distal
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Using anatomical terminology, the carpals (or wrist bones) are __________ to the bones of the shoulder girdle.
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thoracic vertebrae
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Which of the following does not articulate with the sternum?
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femur
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Which bone is not part of the pelvis?
