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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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| 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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| What family includes fossils and living humans? |
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| What are the two suborders in primate taxonomy? |
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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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| Dian fossey is known for her famous work with |
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| the first anthropoids appeared more then |
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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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| In contrast to Old World monkeys, New World monkeys |
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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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| which primate characteristic is least likely to be related to arboreal life? |
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| Which of the following is not characteristic of primates? |
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| Each gorilla troop usually contains |
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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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