Question 1

If you are examining the fossil remains of the genus Dryopithecus,they are most likely from where?

Accepted Answer

A)  India
B)  Bolivia
C)  France
D)  ChinaE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a typical primate trait?

Accepted Answer

A)  sideways-facing eyes
B)  grasping hands and grasping feet
C)  relatively large brain size
D)  a reduced snoutE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

The space between the canine and the first premolar in the lower jaw of some primates is a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)  retro-canine space.
B)  alveolus.
C)  mandibular gap.
D)  diastema.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

The skeleton of most Miocene apes was more like that of living monkeys than like that of living apes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 5

Apes went extinct in southern Europe (e.g.,France,Spain,Italy,Greece) during the late Miocene,probably as a result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  a meteor impact.
B)  a disease pandemic.
C)  climate change.
D)  early humans hunting them for food.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Early fossil primates from the Eocene would most likely have shared their habitat with:

Accepted Answer

A)  rodents.
B)  trilobites.
C)  kangaroos.
D)  dinosaurs.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Platyrrhine fossils first appear in the South American fossil record during the late Oligocene epoch.Since they are not found in earlier fossil-bearing sediments,and South America at that time was essentially an island continent,how do scientists think they got there?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Which anatomical feature would you expect to find in the fossil remains of a nocturnal species?

Accepted Answer

A)  long legs
B)  pointy teeth
C)  large eye orbits
D)  short fingers and toesE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

While reading a journal article on the evolution of primate characteristics you note that the author supports the arboreal hypothesis as the driver of the primate evolution.Which of the following arguments could you develop in response to this article?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many species outside of the primate order also live in trees and have forward-facing eyes,but they are not primates.
B)  The depth perception developed as a result of binocular vision is as important in feeding strategy as it is in moving through an arboreal environment.
C)  Grasping hands and feet are not required for tree-living species,as many mammals lack opposability of digits.
D)  all of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

The northern African fossil primate called Biretia may be an early anthropoid,based on the morphology of its:

Accepted Answer

A)  ankle.
B)  skull.
C)  lower premolar tooth.
D)  pelvis.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the main hypotheses to explain primate origins?

Accepted Answer

A)  arboreal hypothesis
B)  angiosperm radiation hypothesis
C)  aquatic ape hypothesis
D)  visual predation hypothesisE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true of the Eocene euprimates?

Accepted Answer

A)  They possessed postorbital bars.
B)  They had grasping digits on both hands and feet.
C)  They were quite large,greater than 20 kg (44 lbs) .
D)  They had relatively large brains.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Which of the following apes has been proposed as the last common ancestor of living African apes and humans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ouranopithecus
B)  Sivapithecus
C)  Dryopithecus
D)  GigantopithecusE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Primitive Old World monkeys from the mid- to the late Miocene of Africa are members of which family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Propliopithecidae
B)  Proconsulidae
C)  Victoriapithecidae
D)  DryopithecidaeE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Adapids had a tooth comb in the lower jaw,like living lemurs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

If you are digging in a 20-million-year-old fossil site in eastern Africa,which primate are you most likely to come across?

Accepted Answer

A)  Proconsul
B)  Oligopithecus
C)  Theropithecus
D)  KhoratpithecusE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

During the Miocene epoch of the Cenozoic era,there was an adaptive radiation of which kind of primate?

Accepted Answer

A)  prosimians
B)  monkeys
C)  apes
D)  humansE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

The most likely contender for the common ancestor of all later catarrhines is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Oligopithecus.
B)  Aegyptopithecus.
C)  Parapithecus.
D)  Apidium.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

A press release on the findings from a dig in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming report the finding of a series of extinct primate fossils that may be a link between lesiadapiforms and later primates due to an opposable big toe.The find is likely:

Accepted Answer

A)  Notharctus.
B)  Carpolestes.
C)  Eosimias.
D)  Apidium.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D) B

Question 20

The earliest known South American primate is a 26-million-year-old monkey from Bolivia called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Theropithecus.
B)  Branisella.
C)  Proconsul.
D)  Afropithecus.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above B

Exam 9: Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years

If you are examining the fossil remains of the genus Dryopithecus,they are most likely from where?

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Which of the following is NOT a typical primate trait?

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The space between the canine and the first premolar in the lower jaw of some primates is a(n) :

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The skeleton of most Miocene apes was more like that of living monkeys than like that of living apes.

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Apes went extinct in southern Europe (e.g.,France,Spain,Italy,Greece) during the late Miocene,probably as a result of:

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Early fossil primates from the Eocene would most likely have shared their habitat with:

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Platyrrhine fossils first appear in the South American fossil record during the late Oligocene epoch.Since they are not found in earlier fossil-bearing sediments,and South America at that time was essentially an island continent,how do scientists think they got there?

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Which anatomical feature would you expect to find in the fossil remains of a nocturnal species?

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While reading a journal article on the evolution of primate characteristics you note that the author supports the arboreal hypothesis as the driver of the primate evolution.Which of the following arguments could you develop in response to this article?

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The northern African fossil primate called Biretia may be an early anthropoid,based on the morphology of its:

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Which of the following is NOT one of the main hypotheses to explain primate origins?

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Eocene euprimates?

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Which of the following apes has been proposed as the last common ancestor of living African apes and humans?

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Primitive Old World monkeys from the mid- to the late Miocene of Africa are members of which family?

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Adapids had a tooth comb in the lower jaw,like living lemurs.

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If you are digging in a 20-million-year-old fossil site in eastern Africa,which primate are you most likely to come across?

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During the Miocene epoch of the Cenozoic era,there was an adaptive radiation of which kind of primate?

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The most likely contender for the common ancestor of all later catarrhines is:

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A press release on the findings from a dig in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming report the finding of a series of extinct primate fossils that may be a link between lesiadapiforms and later primates due to an opposable big toe.The find is likely:

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The earliest known South American primate is a 26-million-year-old monkey from Bolivia called:

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