Question 1

What do the language experiments with chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas indicate?

Accepted Answer

A)  They lack the ability to communicate symbolically. 
B)  They can learn to use up to 100 spoken words. 
C)  They have some ability to use signs to communicate. 
D)  They have human-like vocal tract anatomies. 
E)  They think symbolically in the same way humans do. 
A)  They lack the ability to communicate symbolically. 
B)  They can learn to use up to 100 spoken words. 
C)  They have some ability to use signs to communicate. 
D)  They have human-like vocal tract anatomies. 
E)  They think symbolically in the same way humans do.

Question 2

It has been proposed that male Hanuman langurs that commit infanticide are actually reducing their own reproductive success.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In many primate species, ________ have/has a central role in reinforcing social relationships.

Accepted Answer

A)  play 
B)  coalition formation 
C)  dominance hierarchies 
D)  food-sharing 
E)  grooming 
A)  play 
B)  coalition formation 
C)  dominance hierarchies 
D)  food-sharing 
E)  grooming

What do the language experiments with chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas indicate?

It has been proposed that male Hanuman langurs that commit infanticide are actually reducing their own reproductive success.

In many primate species, ________ have/has a central role in reinforcing social relationships.

Introduction to Anthropology

Heredity and Evolution

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

Modern Human Variation and Adaptation

Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution

An Overview of the Primates

Understanding the Past: Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Methods

Hominin Origins

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

Premodern Humans

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Early Holocene Hunters and Gatherers

Food Production

The First Civilizations

Conclusion

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Exam 7: Primate Behavior

What do the language experiments with chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas indicate?

It has been proposed that male Hanuman langurs that commit infanticide are actually reducing their own reproductive success.

In many primate species, ________ have/has a central role in reinforcing social relationships.

Introduction to Anthropology

Heredity and Evolution

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

Modern Human Variation and Adaptation

Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution

An Overview of the Primates

Understanding the Past: Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Methods

Hominin Origins

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

Premodern Humans

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Early Holocene Hunters and Gatherers

Food Production

The First Civilizations

Conclusion

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