Exam 12: The Early Primate Fossil Record and the Origins of the Hominins

The material assigned to the species Ardipithecus ramidus that has been examined so far suggests that this species is very closely related to:

Matching Questions match the characteristic to the family (an answer may be used more than once): -elongated tarsal bones

The earliest loris-like and galago-like primates date from the:

The cranial capacity of Sahelanthropus is about:

Fossil hominoids underwent a major adaptive radiation during the:

The members of the family Omomyidae resemble in some ways the modern:

The upper-sequence primates of the Jebel Qatrani Formation are classified into two families:

Most investigators believe the origins of the primates lie in the:

Orrorin tugenensis dates to around:

The oldest known Old World monkey is:

Sahelanthropus tchadensis dates to around:

Which of the following statements is true?

What are the major differences between the Adapidae and Omomyidae?

The fact that Aegyptopithecus shows considerable sexual dimorphism might mean that:

Matching Questions match the genus to its higher taxa: -Victoriapithecus

Gigantopithecus has been found in:

The Plesiadapiformes:

Matching Questions match the characteristic to the family (an answer may be used more than once): -V-shaped tooth row

A geological event that is important to the understanding of hominoid evolution is the:

The Miocene Hominid Radiation refers to the rapid evolution in the Miocene of: