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Biological Anthropology Quiz sobre chapter 7, criado por heather kuebler em 16-11-2019.
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Questão 1

Questão
Grooming involves
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  • the development of alliances between females only.
  • the development of alliances between males only.
  • bonding between individuals of the same rank, picking through the skin and hair of another individual.
  • bonding between two members of a social group, calming or appeasing the primate being groomed if he or she has a higher dominance.

Questão 2

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Male reproductive strategies emphasize
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  • competition between males for access to reproductive-age females.
  • avoiding risk-taking behavior.
  • avoiding violence against competitors for female access.
  • engaging in care of young.

Questão 3

Questão
Monogamous behavior is characteristic of which of these primate species?
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  • baboon
  • gibbon
  • orangutan
  • chimpanzee

Questão 4

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Vocalization in chimp groups
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  • occurs only to communicate a food source.
  • exists only among those high up in the dominance hierarchy.
  • sounds like howls and growls.
  • is unique to specific groups or regions.

Questão 5

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Sexual dimorphism
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  • relates to sexual courtship rituals in primates.
  • is the study of sexual intercourse between primates.
  • tends to be lower than in groups where males disperse and compete with unrelated males.
  • determines male and female social hierarchy.

Questão 6

Questão
Anthropologist Karen Strier estimated that in primates, foraging takes up about
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  • 10% of waking hours, because primates are so efficient.
  • 90% of waking hours, because primates eat such low-quality food.
  • 50% or more of waking hours.
  • 25% of waking hours.

Questão 7

Questão
The study of primate vocal communication
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  • has been used to understand the language evolution of all primates.
  • has resulted in chimps and gorillas demonstrating an ability to speak.
  • can give us insights into the selective pressures that may have shaped the evolution of language.
  • demonstrates that gossip is not exclusively human.

Questão 8

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Kin selection refers to
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  • nonaltruistic behavior toward other members of the kin group.
  • altruistic behavior that increases the donor’s inclusive fitness.
  • altruistic behavior that promotes kin-like bonding among nonkin.
  • behavior that increases only the donor’s fitness.

Questão 9

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Polyandrous residence patterns represent
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  • a social grouping that includes multiple adult males and females.
  • one of the most common patterns in prosimians and Old World monkeys.
  • a social grouping in which males cooperate in parenting activities.
  • a social grouping that includes one male and multiple females.

Questão 10

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How do primates acquire food?
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  • through cooperation among kin groups, mostly by hunting
  • through a wide variety of food-foraging strategies
  • through a limited set of highly specialized foraging strategies
  • through the use of highly developed material culture

Questão 11

Questão
In primates, males and females primarily differ in
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  • body and canine size
  • mode of locomotion
  • tool use
  • color

Questão 12

Questão
How do male and female primates differ in reproductive strategies?
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  • Males and females of the same species usually have different residence patterns
  • males compete for mates, while females compete for resources
  • some males are part of dominance hierarchies, but females never are
  • females typically commit infanticide when a new male enters the group

Questão 13

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a primate's feeding success would be increased by
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  • consuming large quantities of low quality foods
  • living in a geographic region with widely distributed food sources
  • consuming a single type of food
  • memorizing locations and seasonal availability of food patches

Questão 14

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which statement is false regarding chimpanzee material culture?
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  • chimpanzees use tools in the wild
  • chimpanzee tool use in the wild can be highly specific to a group
  • chimpanzees can learn tool use from humans
  • chimpanzees depends on tools to survive

Questão 15

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Which feature of communication is found only in humans?
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  • different vocalizations that refer to specific events or objects
  • modifying vocalizations based on life experience
  • using gestures or symbols
  • physical ability to produce speech

Questão 16

Questão
primate societies and social behavior are special because they are highly diverse
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  • True
  • False

Questão 17

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Primate communication CANNOT be compared to human communication in that: for at least some Old World Monkeys and apes, communication seems to be very context dependent, and specific sounds can have different meanings by making small changes; this is like human language
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  • True
  • False

Questão 18

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Many primate societies are complex and involve their members forming alliances that are formed by sharing food with each other
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  • True
  • False

Questão 19

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Altruistic behavior is that which benefits others while causing a disadvantage to the individual
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  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
solitary residence pattern is a rare primate residence pattern found only in orangutans and a fellow strepsirhines
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  • True
  • False

Questão 21

Questão
Sexual Dimorphism does NOT concern differences in traits such as body size and canine size
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  • True
  • False

Questão 22

Questão
Availability of food for primates can be highly variable, depending on season and rainfall
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  • True
  • False

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