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Which of the following primates is arboreal, active during the day, and has a prehensile tail?


A) Old World monkey
B) prosimian
C) gibbon
D) New World monkey
E) extinct

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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Which of the following is NOT considered an anthropoid trend?


A) an increase in hearing capacity at the expense of color vision
B) a decrease in litter size
C) an increase of cranial capacity relative to body size
D) the evolution of a complicated visual system
E) a shift from a moist muzzle and tactile hairs to fingers as the primary organs of touch

F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Humans and apes belong to the same taxonomic superfamily, Hominoidea.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is NOT a hominoid?


A) Homo sapiens
B) orangutan
C) siamang
D) lemur
E) gibbon

F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Platyrrhines are to catarrhines as


A) brachiators are to nonbrachiators.
B) terrestrial is to arboreal.
C) prosimians are to anthropoids.
D) Old World monkeys are to New World monkeys.
E) New World monkeys are to Old World monkeys.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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Which of the following statements about the Oligocene epoch is FALSE?


A) Hominins first appeared during this epoch.
B) It belongs to the Tertiary period.
C) It was a time of major geological and climatic change.
D) This period dates to 34-23 m.y.a.
E) Most of what we know about primates from this period comes from fossils found in the Fayum.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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What are the eras of ancient, middle, and recent life, respectively?


A) Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
B) Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian
C) Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary
D) Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic
E) Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Recent

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Analogies are similarities that are shared by organisms that belong to the same genus.

A) True
B) False

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