Week 2 Quiz

A  In order for a male primate to become polygynous, he needs to be able to protect his female mates and all their children single handedly, so females began to mate with larger and more aggressive males.

B  Old World primates began living terrestrially, leading females to choose larger and more aggressive male mates for protection.

C  Since New World primates are primarily arboreal, larger bodies found in sexually dimorphic species would be a hindrance to their locomotion.

D  ales needed to become larger in order to dominate over females sexually.

A  Political strategies by male chimpanzees

B  Grieving and mourning among mother chimpanzees

C  Ability to learn English words and communicate them verbally

D  Collective problem solving strategies among apes

A  show that rhesus monkeys do not get attached to their infants like other mammals.

B  to show that the benefits of motherhood do not outweigh the costs.

C  Suggest that motherhood is learned

D  imply that there is a biological component to the behavior of motherhood.

A  Event where the most aggressive alpha baboon males are killed off, leaving beta males and females.

B  Early evidence of warfare in the archaeological record of humans.

C  Chimpanzees are notoriously violent towards intruders.

D  Event where Amos becomes ill and his friends care for him.

A  Whether a male can protect all the females and children in the group single handedly

B  Whether the primates are nocturnal

C  Whether the climate is conducive to mating

D  If the male’s participation in child rearing increases the likelihood the child will survive.

A  Rhinaria

B  Projecting snout

C  Mobile ears

D  Clinging/leaping mode of locomotion

A  Increased ability for logic and reason

B  A stronger sense of smell

C  Greater neocortex

D  A larger neocortex

A  Terrestrial quadraped because this primate has a long tail for balance

B  Clinger and leaper because this primate has short arms and long legs.

C  Arboreal quadraped because this primate has equal lengthed limbs.

D  Terrestrial quadraped because this primate has equal lengthed limbs.

A  Whether this primate is an insectavore

B  The speed of this primate’s metabolism

C  The primate’s age

D  Whether a primate lives arboreally

A  Have live young

B  Endothermic

C  Produce milk for their young

D  Exothermic