Unit 1 Exam

A  solitary

B  one-male, multi-female

C  multi-male, multi-female

D  monogamous

A  primate females are smarter and can learn how to raise offspring, while males can’t.

B  females are committed to parental investment by their physiology (gestation, lactation).

C  primate males are lazy.

D  primate males always kill infants.

A  hunting strategies

B  cracking nuts

C  religious behaviors

D  tool-use techniques

A  it is a species typical behavior

B  there is no regional variation in the behavior of grooming

C  all of these explain why grooming is not a cultural behavior in nonhuman primates

D  chimps in all groups groom

A  individuals must be able to keep track of past interactions

B  individuals must restrict help to those who have helped them

C  individuals must interact frequently

D  These all are necessary conditions

A  the ability to string together multiple utterances to create novel communications (openness)

B  the ability to refer to specific objects in the world (semanticity), the ability to refer to things that are not currently present of even visible or physical (displacement) and the ability to string together multiple utterances to create novel communications (openness)

C  the ability to refer to things that are not currently present of even visible or physical (displacement)

D  the ability to refer to specific objects in the world (semanticity)

A  a male grooms an estrus female

B  a male baboon displays his large canines

C  a lemur marks territory with a scent gland

D  all of these are examples of primate communication

A  spoken language

B  sociality

C  stereoscopic vision

D  a frontal lobe

A  fruits, leaves and seeds

B  meat

C  insects and meat

D  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

A  Food obtained by men and women are transported to a home base where it is shared.

B  Men and women tend to perform different yet complementary economic tasks, referred to as a sexual division of labor.

C  Food obtained by men and women are transported to a home base where it is shared, bands exploit a diverse series of habitats and food resources and men and women tend to perform different yet complementary economic tasks, referred to as a sexual division of labor.

D  Bands exploit a diverse series of habitats and food resources.

A  allometric growth

B  neoteny

C  heterodonty

D  sexual dimorphism

A  Individuals living in larger groups are at less risk from predators than individuals living in smaller groups.

B  Some species use alarm calls and can defend themselves against some predators.

C  Some species use alarm calls and can defend themselves against some predators, individuals living in larger groups are at less risk from predators than individuals living in smaller groups and predation poses a serious risk to most primate species.

D  Predation poses a serious risk to most primate species.

A  meat

B  insects and meat

C  fruits, leaves and seeds

D  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

A  gibbons.

B  terrestrial monkeys.

C  lemurs.

D  apes.

A  have long arched spines for flexible movement when leaping.

B  have narrow rib cages with scapula on the side, limiting the range of motion in the shoulder.

C  hold their bodies parallel to the ground (pronograde posture) when walking.

D  All of these traits characterize quadrupedal monkeys.

A  the number of neurons found in the brain

B  the size of the neocortex

C  the brain size to body size ratio

D  all of these are relevant features of the brain in comparing species’ intelligence

E  the EQ

A  all of these examples are members of Hominidae

B  humans

C  orangutans

D  gorillas

A  humans

B  monkeys

C  lemurs

D  apes

A  an educated guess

B  the same as a proven fact

C  a method of identifying variables

D  a framework that explains confirmed hypotheses

A  Scientists regularly make up data, using false evidence to support their ideas

B  An hypothesis can not be wrong

C  Hypotheses and theories are always open to further testing and data that shows they are wrong or incomplete

D  Hypotheses are always correct, supported by lots of data

A  cultural anthropology

B  biological anthropology

C  linguistic anthropology

D  archeology