A(n) ___________ is NOT a hominoid
lemur
Ancient anthropoids began to have fewer offspring that required longer and more attentive care, which selected for
support from a social group
Anthropologists are most interested in the ________ era.
Cenozoic
Prehensile (grasping) tails are characteristic traits of
New World Monkeys
a possible Miocene common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans
The Pierolapithecus Catalaunicus is
The classification of organisms based on their relationships and resemblances is known as
Taxonomy
The earliest hominoid fossils are from the
Miocene
The earliest known primate skeleton was found in ________, supporting the view that the first primates evolved here.
Asia
Gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans
Great Apes
The largest (known) primate that ever lived is
Gigantopithecus
The only primates that are NOT endangered, or soon to be endangered, are
humans
The primate group __________ thrived in the Eocene
prosimians
The prosimians include
lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises
Which of these provides an example of analogies?
porpoise fins and fish fins
traits that organisms have inherited from a common ancestor.
Homologies
Coexisted with Homo erectus in Asia
Gigantopithecus
________ indicate(s) a shift from smell to sight as the primates' most important means of obtaining information.
Stereoscopic Vision
is NOT an adaptive trend in anthropoids
Decreased Sociality
the greatest threat to endangered primates
Deforestation
is/are used as a basis for assigning organisms to the same taxon
Homologies