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

The last sacral vertebra of Proconsul africanus indicates that the animal:

An important Early Oligocene site in northern Africa is:

Sahelanthropus tchadensis is characterized by:

The members of the family Adapidae are characterized by:

Late Miocene hominoids include:

Perhaps the best known of the early Miocene African hominids is:

The known postcranial bones of Proconsul suggest that the major locomotion pattern of this form was:

The Order Primates probably originated about:

The oldest known New World fossil monkey is:

Matching Questions match the characteristic to the family (an answer may be used more than once): -relatively vertically implanted incisors

The members of the family Omomyidae are characterized by:

Sivapithecus possessed:

In contrast with the modern apes,Proconsul is characterized by:

The two distinct groups of primates that appear at the beginning of the Eocone are the:

The earliest well-documented primate fossils date from the:

Primates that show anatomical features of living primates first appear at the beginning of the:

The Propliopithecidae include:

During the Middle Miocene,hominoids:

The diet of Gigantopithecus probably emphasized the consumption of:

Darwinius is a well-preserved fossil from: