Unit 1 Exam

A  multi-male, multi-female

B  monogamous

C  solitary

D  one-male, multi-female

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 always kill infants.

D  primate males are lazy.

A  religious behaviors

B  tool-use techniques

C  cracking nuts

D  hunting strategies

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

B  chimps in all groups groom

C  it is a species typical behavior

D  there is no regional variation in the behavior of grooming

A  individuals must interact frequently

B  individuals must be able to keep track of past interactions

C  individuals must restrict help to those who have helped them

D  These all are necessary conditions

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

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

C  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)

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

A  a male grooms an estrus female

B  a lemur marks territory with a scent gland

C  a male baboon displays his large canines

D  all of these are examples of primate communication

A  sociality

B  a frontal lobe

C  spoken language

D  stereoscopic vision

A  fruits, leaves and seeds

B  meat

C  insects and meat

D  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

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

B  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.

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

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

A  neoteny

B  heterodonty

C  allometric growth

D  sexual dimorphism

A  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.

B  Predation poses a serious risk to most primate species.

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

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

A  meat

B  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

C  insects and meat

D  fruits, leaves and seeds

A  apes.

B  lemurs.

C  gibbons.

D  terrestrial monkeys.

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

B  All of these traits characterize quadrupedal monkeys.

C  have long arched spines for flexible movement when leaping.

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

A  the size of the neocortex

B  the EQ

C  the brain size to body size ratio

D  the number of neurons found in the brain

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

A  gorillas

B  all of these examples are members of Hominidae

C  orangutans

D  humans

A  humans

B  monkeys

C  lemurs

D  apes

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

C  Hypotheses are always correct, supported by lots of data

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

A  cultural anthropology

B  archeology

C  linguistic anthropology

D  biological anthropology