InQuizitive: Chapter 6. Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates

What is one of the key indicators of primates' adaptability?

Primates have adapted to live almost anywhere! They inhabit many different types of landscapes, including cold climates as well as dry environments.

Which of the following are reasons why primates should be studied?

The study of primates allows for insight into the origins of humans. The study of primates assists in the preservation of their species in the wild. The study of primates provides insight into why humans engage in conflict and warfare. The study of primates enables advances in medicine.

Which of the following is/are prominent tendencies used to define primates?

They express a great deal of parental investment. They are adapted to an arboreal lifestyle. They express dietary plasticity.

Which of the following is true about tarsiers?

They have elongated tarsals. They have only two lower incisors. They have large, bulbous eyes.

Click on the continent(s) that comprise the Old World.

Africa Russia china Europe

Primatologists are often trained in either anthropology or biology, but are rarely trained in other disciplines.

False

Match the family or subfamily with the appropriate superfamily.

Hominoidea: Gorillinae & Ponginae Ceboidea: Cebidae & Atelidae Cercopithecoidea: Colobinae & Cercopithecinae

The skull shown here likely belongs to a(n) -----.

Male orangutans and gorillas have very large chewing muscles, some of which attach to the large, pronounced sagittal crest, which is a ridge of bone situated along the midline of the skull.

Drag each group of primates to where they are distributed on the map

New World monkeys inhabit the New World, which includes North and South America. Prosimians, the earliest of the primates, inhabit regions of Africa and Asia.

Which of the following is true regarding nonhuman primates?

They are highly adaptable. There is great variation in diet among primate species. They are very intelligent. They live relatively long lives. They display complex social behavior.

Which of the following evolutionary developments is/are responsible for primates' enhanced sense of touch?

dermal ridges fingernails and toenails

Within the primate order, which of the following are primitive traits retained exclusively by strepsirrhines?

rhinarium specialized diet

Match each trait with the primate group in which it appears (strepsirhines or haplorhines).

strepsirhines Correct label: large olfactory bulb Correct label: tooth comb Correct label: fingernails and claws Correct label: grooming claw haplorhines Correct label: bigger brains Correct label: fully enclosed eye orbits

Which of the following primates has a honing complex with a diastema?

Old World monkeys apes

The foot shown here belongs to a(n) ----, which has an excellent leaping ability because of its elongated tarsals.

Tarsiers are unique for a number of reasons, including the elongated tarsals that enable them to be great leapers.

Which of the following evolutionary developments is/are responsible for most primates' enhanced vision?

forward-facing eyes depth perception color vision overlapping visual fields fully or partially enclosed eye orbit