Unit 1 Exam

A  monogamous

B  multi-male, multi-female

C  solitary

D  one-male, multi-female

A  primate males are lazy.

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

C  primate males always kill infants.

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

A  hunting strategies

B  religious behaviors

C  tool-use techniques

D  cracking nuts

A  there is no regional variation in the behavior of grooming

B  it is a species typical behavior

C  chimps in all groups groom

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

A  individuals must restrict help to those who have helped them

B  individuals must be able to keep track of past interactions

C  These all are necessary conditions

D  individuals must interact frequently

A  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)

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

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

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

A  a male baboon displays his large canines

B  a male grooms an estrus female

C  a lemur marks territory with a scent gland

D  all of these are examples of primate communication

A  spoken language

B  a frontal lobe

C  sociality

D  stereoscopic vision

A  meat

B  insects and meat

C  fruits, leaves and seeds

D  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

A  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.

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.

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

A  allometric growth

B  sexual dimorphism

C  neoteny

D  heterodonty

A  Predation poses a serious risk to most primate species.

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

A  meat

B  fruits, leaves and seeds

C  insects and meat

D  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

A  apes.

B  terrestrial monkeys.

C  gibbons.

D  lemurs.

A  All of these traits characterize quadrupedal monkeys.

B  have long arched spines for flexible movement when leaping.

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

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

A  the EQ

B  the size of the neocortex

C  the number of neurons found in the brain

D  the brain size to body size ratio

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

A  orangutans

B  humans

C  gorillas

D  all of these examples are members of Hominidae

A  apes

B  monkeys

C  humans

D  lemurs

A  the same as a proven fact

B  an educated guess

C  a method of identifying variables

D  a framework that explains confirmed hypotheses

A  An hypothesis can not be wrong

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

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

D  Hypotheses are always correct, supported by lots of data

A  linguistic anthropology

B  cultural anthropology

C  biological anthropology

D  archeology