Introduction to Primatology Review

What is the reason that Anthropologists study Primates?

• To learn about our evolutionary past

• They are our closest living ancestors

• We can make inferences on how our closest living ancestors lived

• All of the above

A Primate ALWAYS has a Prehensile tail?

• True

• False

Humans are in the order of Primates

• True

• False

The extinction of what led to the rise of primates and mammals?

• Homo Erectus

• Homo Neanderthals

• Dinosaurs

• Pergatorious

Which of the following is NOT included in the Hominidae family?

• Humans

• Chimps

• Gorillas

• New World Monkeys

Which of the following is a characteristic of a Primate?

• Opposable Thumbs

• Ability to move arms above head

• Long gestation period

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a primate?

• 3-D Vision

• Omnivore

• Arboreal- Tree Living

• All teeth are the same

Which of the following is NOT a subgroup of primates?

• Prosimians

• Old World Monkeys

• Apes

• Hominids

This type of primate is very similar to the first primates

• Old World Monkey

• New World Monkey

• Prosimian

• Ape

This type of Primate has NO prehensile tail:

• Ocean Monkey

• New World Monkey

• Old World Monkey

• Prosimian