Question 1

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) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

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) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

The most distinctive feature of ape dentition, which clearly distinguishes apes from Old World monkeys, is

Accepted Answer

A)  a 2/1/2/3 dental formula.
B)  a long canine tooth in males.
C)  a Y-5 molar pattern.
D)  bilophodont molars.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Based on the fossil record, scientists agree that which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primates were much less geographically widespread in the past than they are today.
B)  Primates first evolved on the ground.
C)  Primates' most special feature is their adaptive versatility.
D)  Primates are most similar to tree dwelling rodents.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

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) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Approximately when did the African tectonic plate contact the Eurasian plate, allowing early African apes to migrate throughout the Old World?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 mya
B)  12 mya
C)  17 mya
D)  28 myaE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Apes became extinct in southern Europe 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) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is not an early anthropoid family from the Fayum?

Accepted Answer

A)  Victoriapithecidae
B)  Parapithecidae
C)  Oligopithecidae
D)  PropliopithecidaeE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

The dental formula of all known fossil and living catarrhines is

Accepted Answer

A)  2/1/3/3.
B)  2/1/2/3.
C)  2/1/2.
D)  2/1/3/2.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Fossil and living apes exhibit a distinctive cusp pattern on the chewing surfaces of their molar teeth known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Y-5
B)  Y-6
C)  silodont
D)  Carabelli's cuspE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Given the proliferation of apes during the Miocene, how do scientists explain the comparative rarity of living ape species at present?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Contenders for primate status from the Paleocene epoch lack which of the following characteristics observed in adapids and omomyids?

Accepted Answer

A)  convergent eyes, partially or fully enclosed eye orbits, increased sense of vision
B)  increased sense of vision, convergent eyes, reduced sense of smell, a short snout
C)  reduced sense of smell, small incisors, large canines, large brain
D)  all of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The most distinctive feature of ape dentition, which clearly distinguishes apes from Old World monkeys, is

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Approximately when did the African tectonic plate contact the Eurasian plate, allowing early African apes to migrate throughout the Old World?

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Contenders for primate status from the Paleocene epoch lack which of the following characteristics observed in adapids and omomyids?

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Which of the following is not an early anthropoid family from the Fayum?

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Based on the fossil record, scientists agree that which of the following is true?

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The dental formula of all known fossil and living catarrhines is

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Fossil and living apes exhibit a distinctive cusp pattern on the chewing surfaces of their molar teeth known as

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Which of the following is not a typical primate trait?

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