Week 2 Quiz

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

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

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

D  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.

A  Ability to learn English words and communicate them verbally

B  Collective problem solving strategies among apes

C  Political strategies by male chimpanzees

D  Grieving and mourning among mother chimpanzees

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

D  Suggest that motherhood is learned

A  Chimpanzees are notoriously violent towards intruders.

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

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

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

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

B  Whether the primates are nocturnal

C  Whether the climate is conducive to mating

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

A  Projecting snout

B  Clinging/leaping mode of locomotion

C  Rhinaria

D  Mobile ears

A  A larger neocortex

B  Greater neocortex

C  A stronger sense of smell

D  Increased ability for logic and reason

A  Terrestrial quadraped because this primate has equal lengthed limbs.

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 a long tail for balance

A  The speed of this primate’s metabolism

B  Whether this primate is an insectavore

C  Whether a primate lives arboreally

D  The primate’s age

A  Have live young

B  Endothermic

C  Exothermic

D  Produce milk for their young