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Chapter 6: Biology in the Present

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The dental pattern of Old World higher primates is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 2/1/2/3

  • 2/1/3/3.

  • 2/2/2/3.

  • 2/2/3/3.

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Pregunta 2 de 23

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Relative to body size, primate brain size is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • proportional to human brain size

  • more or less the same in large and small primates.

  • smaller than in other large mammals.

  • larger among great apes than among other primates.

Explicación

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The Linnaean suborder prosimians includes

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • only nocturnal species

  • only diurnal species.

  • diurnal and nocturnal galagos.

  • diurnal and nocturnal lemurs.

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In class, your professor shows you an MRI scan of a primate brain. The professor points out the relatively large size of the olfactory bulb beneath the frontal lobe. This suggests to you that this

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • primate exhibits a derived trait for an enhanced sense of smell, since this trait is not commonly observed in mammal species

  • is a species of anthropoid because it has an increased reliance on vision.

  • primate must be a species of Strepsirhini, as that suborder of primates relies heavily on the sense of smell for many aspects of daily life.

  • species is nocturnal.

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The rhinarium is present in

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • baboons.

  • gorillas.

  • ring-tail lemurs.

  • howler monkeys.

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 23

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The Y-5 molar morphology is present in

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • colobus monkeys.

  • chimpanzees.

  • lemurs.

  • howler monkeys.

Explicación

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Colobine primates

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • are mostly frugivorous.

  • are usually terrestrial.

  • have specialized digestive anatomy for eating leaves.

  • are referred to as “cheek pouch” monkeys.

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While at the zoo you see an exhibit with a small group of primates and notice they have wet, snout-like noses. This indicates a species of

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • prosimian, because they retain the rhinarium not found in other mammal species.

  • anthropoid primate, because they retain the rhinarium commonly found in other mammal species.

  • platyrrhine primate, because their nostrils do not point downward.

  • strepsirhine, because they retain a rhinarium.

Explicación

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Anthropoids include

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • monkeys and apes, including humans.

  • African and Asian apes only.

  • tarsiers, monkeys, and apes only.

  • lemurs, lorises, galagos, and tarsiers.

Explicación

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Dietary plasticity in primates refers to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • eating a wide variety of foods.

  • lack of diversity of diets over time.

  • diets composed of a variety of red meats.

  • diets composed of a variety of fruits.

Explicación

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Which is not an arboreal adaptation shared by most primates?

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  • mobile joints connecting bones of the shoulders, limbs, hands, and feet

  • an opposable thumb and often an opposable big toe

  • dermal ridges and flat nails on fingertips

  • rigidly connected, identical vertebrae in the backbone

Explicación

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which evolutionary adaptation provides primates with depth perception?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • forward-facing eyes

  • color vision

  • loss of the rhinarium

  • smaller olfactory bulb

Explicación

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__________________ retain more primitive characteristics than other primates, such as a partially enclosed eye orbit

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Strepsirhines

  • Haplorhines

  • Platyrrhines

  • Catarrhines

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 23

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________________ have a dental formula of 2/1/2/3 and hook-shaped nostrils

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Atelids

  • Catarrhines

  • Cebids

  • Platyrrhines

Explicación

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Which feature is shared by both apes and Old World Monkeys?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • long tail

  • lower molar morphology

  • canine-premolar honing complex

  • large bodies and brains

Explicación

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The pelvis and gluteal muscles in apes and humans are

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • almost identical, even though the two groups of primates locomote in entirely different ways.

  • different in their shape and size so that the difference between quadrupedal and bipedal locomotion can be distinguished.

  • almost identical, since the two types of primates both move around quadrupedally and bipedally, as needed.

  • the same except for the size of the gluteal maximus, which is largest in the nonhuman ape.

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 23

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Among all primates, humans have the

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • largest body relative to other animals.

  • greatest level of biological adaptability.

  • largest body size.

  • largest brain relative to body size.

Explicación

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The increased brain size observed in the order Primates

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • results in extended periods of nursing and development to accommodate increasing behavioral complexity.

  • results in shorter developmental periods to accommodate the necessary energy expenditures of larger brain size.

  • demonstrates the importance of intelligence in primate evolution.

  • demonstrates the importance of intelligence in primate evolution AND results in extended periods of nursing and development to accommodate increasing behavioral complexity.

Explicación

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Anthropoids include

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • monkeys and apes, including humans.

  • African and Asian apes only.

  • tarsiers, monkeys, and apes only.

  • lemurs, lorises, galagos, and tarsiers.

Explicación

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Modern primates are characterized by arboreal adaptations, including

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • opposable thumbs.

  • a precision grip.

  • short digits.

  • an expanded reliance on sense of smell.

Explicación

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Preadaptation is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the series of apparent adaptations that are never actually used.

  • the use of an anatomical feature in a way unrelated to the feature’s original function.

  • an anatomical feature used in the manner for which it was originally selected.

  • a phenomenon that occurs before natural selection can occur.

Explicación

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Primate females

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • invest less in their offspring than do many other mammals.

  • give birth to more offspring than do most other mammals.

  • give birth to fewer offspring than do many other mammals.

  • give birth to twins regularly.

Explicación

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Which of the following lists is a good characterization of primates?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Primates have impressive, built-in behaviors but are poor learners and require a very specific diet to survive.

  • Primates have a shorter life span than other mammals of their size, are intelligent, and almost all eat the same diet.

  • Primates are intelligent, are long lived, have diverse diets, and exhibit complex social behavior.

  • Primates are intelligent, are long lived, have very narrow dietary requirements, and exhibit diverse social behaviors.

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