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Lesson 3
Mizzou online "Anthropology"
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
06/12/2013

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What does primatology not include?
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Extinct human cultures. It include terrestial monkeys and apes and contemproary non human primates
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Phylogeny refers to...
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genetic relateness based on common ancestry.
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It is estimated how much DNA is shared among humans, chimpanzess and gorillas?
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98%
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What family includes fossils and living humans?
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Hominidae
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What are the two suborders in primate taxonomy?
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prosimii and anthropoid
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What statement about humans and apes is true?
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humans and apes are closely related to each other than either is to monkeys
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Which of these primate trends do humans shared with monkeys
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All of the above: parental investment and sociality, brain complexity and grasping, and more brain room for sight then smell

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Which of these are prosimians?
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lemurs and lorises
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Dian fossey is known for her famous work with
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g0rillas
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the first anthropoids appeared more then
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40 million years ago
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Why can we learn a great deal about our ancestors through the study of other primates?
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by comparing different living primates, we can infer what our common ancestors may have been like.
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which of these has the tendency toward orthograde posture?
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gorillas
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In contrast to Old World monkeys, New World monkeys
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have prehensile tails
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The agressive behavior of chimpanzees, in which infant chimpanzees were murdered and partially eaten, has been specifically linked to...
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human encroachment on their natural habitat.
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Which species is in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (old world monkeys)?
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macaques
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which primate characteristic is least likely to be related to arboreal life?
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callused knuckles
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Which of the following is not characteristic of primates?
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giving birth to litters
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Each gorilla troop usually contains
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one silver-backed male
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in chimp communites...
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females are more likely than males to migrate and mate outside their natal group.
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Why are some primates endangered?
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1. trophy hunters kill and decapitate them.

2. Humans hunt primates for bush meat.

3. they are used in laboratory experiments.

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What are the classificatory units of zoological taxonomy?
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Life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
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What are the simmilarities between humans and other primates?
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1. social learning

2. predation and hunting

3. territoriality

4. extent of vocalizations and dependence on complex communication

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Differences between Old vs new world monkeys
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Old world: eat meat, divid into two groups of old world monkeys and apes, walk with knuckles (aboreal lives: live in trees)

New world: vegetarians, prehensile tails

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