Primate Evolution

The _________ is most closely related to a bonobo.

• chimpanzee

• baboon

• lemur

The important anthropoid fossil called the Dawn Ape that bridges the gap between lemurs and the ancestors of apes is also called a(an) __________.

• Proconsul

• Paranthropus

• Aegyptopithecus

Hominoids include all nonmonkey anthropoids.

• True

• False

A group of primates that have a dental comb and primarily rely on their sense of smell for hunting are called ________.

• haplorhines

• strepsirrhines

The famous fossils called Lucy belonged to the primate species Australopithecus robustus.

• True

• False

A digit set apart from the other digits that can be brought across the palm is called a disposable thumb.

• true

• false

Identify the following primates as either a strepsirrhine or a haplorhine.

aye-ayes

• strepsirrhine

• haplorhine

Identify:

galagos

• strepsirrhine

• haplorhine

Identify:

gibbons

• strepsirrhine

• haplorhine

Identify:

lemurs

• strepsirrhine

• haplorhine