Unit 1 Exam

A  one-male, multi-female

B  monogamous

C  multi-male, multi-female

D  solitary

A  primate males always kill infants.

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

C  primate males are lazy.

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

A  cracking nuts

B  religious behaviors

C  tool-use techniques

D  hunting strategies

A  chimps in all groups groom

B  it is a species typical behavior

C  there is no regional variation in the behavior of grooming

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

A  These all are necessary conditions

B  individuals must restrict help to those who have helped them

C  individuals must interact frequently

D  individuals must be able to keep track of past interactions

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)

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), 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)

A  a male grooms an estrus female

B  all of these are examples of primate communication

C  a male baboon displays his large canines

D  a lemur marks territory with a scent gland

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.

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

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

D  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.

A  allometric growth

B  heterodonty

C  neoteny

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

C  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  insects, meat, fruits, leaves and seeds

B  insects and meat

C  meat

D  fruits, leaves and seeds

A  terrestrial monkeys.

B  gibbons.

C  lemurs.

D  apes.

A  have long arched spines for flexible movement when leaping.

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

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

D  All of these traits characterize quadrupedal monkeys.

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

B  the brain size to body size ratio

C  the number of neurons found in the brain

D  the EQ

E  the size of the neocortex

A  orangutans

B  gorillas

C  humans

D  all of these examples are members of Hominidae

A  lemurs

B  humans

C  monkeys

D  apes

A  an educated guess

B  a framework that explains confirmed hypotheses

C  a method of identifying variables

D  the same as a proven fact

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  Hypotheses are always correct, supported by lots of data

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

A  linguistic anthropology

B  biological anthropology

C  archeology

D  cultural anthropology