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

Which of the following statements is true about the Miocene hominids?

When did the earliest primates evolve? What were these earliest primates like? What are the earliest known primate fossils?

Darwinius,a well-preserved fossil from Germany,is an early:

Ardipithecus ramidus is dated at about:

Dryopithecus:

The earliest Old World monkeys belong to the family Victoriapithecidae.Where are fossils from this family found and how old are they? Do they resemble any modern monkeys?

The parapithecids were:

"Orrorin tugenensis was an early hominin." This statement is:

Early Miocene hominids are found in:

Members of the Adapidae resemble in many ways modern:

The cercopithecoids only assume a dominant role in the mammalian fauna after:

Which of the following species is the oldest?

Almost half of the known living and fossil primates species have been found in:

During the Middle Oligocene,ancestral ceboid monkeys could have traveled from Africa to South America because:

Those who suggest that Sahelanthropus is a hominin point to the following feature:

One of the most common mammals in the Fayum beds,Apidium,belongs to the family:

Aegyptopithecus seems to show a locomotor adaptation for:

The earliest tarsiers are from:

Aegyptopithecus is characterized by a:

The hominoids most likely evolved from the: