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ASM246 Week 3 Arizona State University - Questions with complete solution ASM246 Week 3 Adapids and omomyids were skeletally similar to: - correct answer living lemurs New World monkeys reached South America by island hopping. (TF) - correct answer False Although molecular evidence suggests that prosimians diverged between 67 and 84 million years ago, the oldest prosimian fossils are about how old? - correct answer 50 million years old Features of primates such as grasping hands a...

Anthropology 101 Test Questions with Complete Solutions (1) Myth - Answer-A story, usually invoking the supernatural, to account for some aspect of the world. Science - Answer-The method of inquiry that attempts to explain phenomena through observation and the development and testing of hypotheses. Creation Myth - Answer-A myth that explains the origin of the world and its inhabitants. Evolution - Answer-Change over time with reference to biological species. Also, changes within cultur...

Principles of Cultural Anthropology Exam Questions and Correct Answers Already Passed Phyiscal anthropology - Answers th study of the diversity of human bodies in the past and present including physical adaption, group or race charateristics and human evolution Primatology - Answers is the study of pyshical and behavioral characteristics of the catergory of species called primates Physical or biologial anthropology - Answers is the area that spcializes in the diversity of human bodies in the...

lemurs are found in what part of the world (not counting zoos) a. Iceland ascar d. south and central america e. Australia c. madagascar the measure of success under natural selection is a. how many offspring are produced b. whether an individual lives or dies c. how well adapted an individual is d. how well adapted the species is a. how many offspring are produced founder effect: a. is a type of genetic drift that results when only a small number of individuals from a ...

5. The two suborders of primates are: a. platyrrhine and catarrhine. c. pongidae and hominidae. b. prosimians and anthropoids. d. tarsiers and anthropoids. ANS: B DIF: Easy OBJ: Compare and contrast the two suborders of primates (prosimians and anthropoids) in terms of body form, body size, and dental morphology TOP: What are the kinds of primates? MSC: Remembering 6. While at the zoo you see an exhibit with a small group of primates and notice they have wet, snout-...

The two main taxonomic classifications of primates are strepsirhines and haplorhines. The terms prosimian and anthropoid are the older, less used, taxonomic terms.

Primates! Nonhuman primates are our closest animal relatives. Now we’re starting to get into the fun stuff - monkey business!