Fossils can be used to reconstruct ancient animal communities and therefore make inferences about ancient environments and habitats.
True
Social monogamy is not necessarily reproductive monogamy.
True
Most haplorhines have a dental formula including __________.
The haplorrhines have the dental formula including
2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, and 3 molars
Primates usually have at the ends of their digits.
flat nails
Research has produced evidence that higher primates use deception __________ than lower primates.
more often
Which of the following are more closely related to ourselves?
Which of the following is most related to us?
bonobos
Half-life is half the time it takes for all of the original amount of an unstable isotope to decay into more stable forms.
False
Primates have the greatest __________ of any mammalian group.
brain to body size ratio
Which of the following can be found on Madagascar?
lemurs
Old World monkeys, apes, and humans are in the infraorder __________.
Catarrhini
Relative dating techniques establish the age of a fossil only in comparison to other material found with it.
True
Most living creatures end up as fossils.
False
Which is most likely to be preserved by fossilization?
bones and teeth
Today, humans are the only bipedal mammals.
True
The length of the arms decreased in hominin species over time because __________.
the arms were no longer weight bearing
A woman with blood type A has delivered an O type son. She accuses a man with an AB blood type to be her son's biological father. True or False?
False
A bipedal foot contains both a transverse and a longitudinal arch.
True
The __________ is the hole in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord connects to the brain.
foramen magnum
The strepsirhine infraorder includes __________.
The sterpsirhine infraorder includes:
lemurs
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