Question 1

Omomyoids focused on __________ for food.

Accepted Answer

A)   leaves
B)   small animals and fruit
C)   fruit and insects
D)   grasses and termitesE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

What kinds of climatic and environmental changes were taking place at the time of the strepsirhine - haplorhine split around 58 million years ago? What kinds of selective pressures did these changes produce to favor the split?

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At the time of the strepsirhine-haplorhi...

Question 3

Victoriapithecus used a __________ pattern of locomotion.

Accepted Answer

A)   semiterrestrial
B)   arboreal
C)   terrestrial
D)   brachiationE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

New World and Old World primates diverged around __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   35 million years ago
B)   50 million years ago
C)   40 million years ago
D)   25 million years agoE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Between 54 million and 34 million years ago Europe and America

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A)   were separated by only a narrow sea
B)   had very different climates
C)   supported different sets of primates
D)   were connected by landE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Omomyoids are more common in North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Propliopithecidae have a __________ dental pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)   2:1:3:3
B)   2:1:2:3C) A) and B)
D) undefined

Question 8

How do molecular clocks work? How is the accuracy of molecular clocks established?

Accepted Answer

Molecular clocks are a method used by sc...

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT true of Gigantopithecus?

Accepted Answer

A)   it had a tough, fibrous diet, perhaps of bamboo
B)   it co-existed with Homo erectus
C)   it lived in western Africa
D)   it was the largest primate that ever livedE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Currently, most scientists support the hypothesis that New World monkeys arrived in South America __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   by a water route from Africa
B)   by a land bridge from Africa
C)   from North America
D)   by a water route from AsiaE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Paleontologists use the form of teeth and _________ to decide to which group a fossil belongs.

Accepted Answer

A)   hair
B)   bones
C)   fatty tissue
D)   none of theseE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

The discovery of subfossil species of lemurs have shown __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   that lemurs are ancestral to higher primates
B)   that lemurs disappeared only about 1,000 years ago
C)   that lemurs were a much larger and varied group than previously thought
D)   that lemurs lived in south America as well as the Old WorldE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Ouranopithecus lived in Greece around __________ million years ago.

Accepted Answer

A)   23
B)   18
C)   15
D)   10E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

__________ may be a good candidate for the common ancestor of all Old World monkeys.

Accepted Answer

A)   Cebinae
B)   Victoriapithecidae
C)   Aotinae
D)   CallitrichinaeE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

Based on molecular evidence, strepsirhines and haplorhines separated about __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   58 million years ago
B)   80 million years ago
C)   67 million years ago
D)   45 million years agoE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Aegyptopithecus belongs to the __________ family of primates.

Accepted Answer

A)   Parapithecidae
B)   Oligopithecidae
C)   Propliopithecidae
D)   none of theseE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Adapids resemble modern __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   apes
B)   monkeys
C)   tarsiers
D)   none of theseE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Adapoids ate __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   leaves
B)   fruit
C)   insects
D)   berriesE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 19

Describe the plesiadapiform mammals. In what ways do they resemble modern primates?

Accepted Answer

The plesiadapiform mammals were a group ...

Question 20

Higher primates first appeared in the __________ epoch.

Accepted Answer

A)   early Eocene
B)   late Oligocene
C)   late Eocene
D)   late PleistoceneE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 9: Origin of Primates

What kinds of climatic and environmental changes were taking place at the time of the strepsirhine - haplorhine split around 58 million years ago? What kinds of selective pressures did these changes produce to favor the split?

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Adapoids ate __________.

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Omomyoids are more common in North America.

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Describe the plesiadapiform mammals. In what ways do they resemble modern primates?

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New World and Old World primates diverged around __________.

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Currently, most scientists support the hypothesis that New World monkeys arrived in South America __________.

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Aegyptopithecus belongs to the __________ family of primates.

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Which of the following is NOT true of Gigantopithecus?

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Between 54 million and 34 million years ago Europe and America

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Paleontologists use the form of teeth and _________ to decide to which group a fossil belongs.

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How do molecular clocks work? How is the accuracy of molecular clocks established?

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Adapids resemble modern __________.

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Based on molecular evidence, strepsirhines and haplorhines separated about __________.

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The discovery of subfossil species of lemurs have shown __________.

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__________ may be a good candidate for the common ancestor of all Old World monkeys.

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Omomyoids focused on __________ for food.

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Propliopithecidae have a __________ dental pattern.

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Ouranopithecus lived in Greece around __________ million years ago.

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Higher primates first appeared in the __________ epoch.

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Victoriapithecus used a __________ pattern of locomotion.

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