Primate Evolution: Primates (Section 1)

______________ are a group of mammals that includes humans,  apes, monkeys, and lemurs.

• primates
• hominoids
• hominins
• primoids

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of primates?

• well developed eyesight
• long mobile arms
• large brains
• long mobile legs

An _______________ first digit, either a thumb or a toe,  can be brought across the palm or foot to touch   (or nearly touch) the other digits allowing primates to grasp objects.

• opposable
• flexible
• operable
• adjustable

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_______________________ (forward-looking eyes) provide depth perception and enable primates to judge distance and movement of an object.

• Binocular vision
• Monocular vision
• Optical vision
• Holoptic vision

Most primates are _____________ which means they are active during the day.

• diurnal
• nocturnal
• triurnal
• monournal

Which of the following does NOT take up a large parts of primate brains?

• Vision
• Memory
• Arm and leg movement
• Smell

After a long pregnancy, primates give birth usually to one infant. Newborn infants depend on their mothers for a long time. This allows infants to ___________________.

• learn complex social behaviors
• learn how to find and collect food
• learn  complex survival  skills
• learn  how to fight predators

Unlike old world monkeys, new world monkeys ___________________.

• have prehensile tails
• are diurnal
• live in societies 
• have binocular vision

________________ are human-like primates that appear to be more closely related to present-day humans than they are to present-day chimpanzees and bonobos. Humans  are the only species of this type of primates  that is surviving today.

• Hominins
• Hominoids
• Strepsirrhines
• Haplorhines

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Which of the following is NOT a trait that helps primates lead  arboreal lives (in trees)?

• prehensile tails
• short  limbs
• binocular vision
• opposable toes  and thumbs