Deck 5: Our Place in Nature: Humans As Primates

Question 1

Describe how the Linnaean taxonomy works and how it reflects evolutionary relationships.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Distinguish between traditional (phenetic) taxonomy and cladistics.

Answer 2

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Question 3

Keeping in mind that taxonomic categories are statements about adaptive patterns, briefly define the term primate.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Indicate how the general primate characteristics reflect their adaptation to an arboreal environment.

Question 5

Explain why we consider humans as Old World primates.

Question 6

What do we mean when we say that the brains of primates are relatively large?

Question 7

Why do the prosimians have a better sense of smell than most primates and yet lack color vision?

Question 8

How are primate societies different from those of most social organisms?

Question 9

In what ways is the human primate a typical primate? In what ways is the human primate unique?

Question 10

Why are nonhuman primates important species for use in medical experimentation? What ethical concerns does you answer point out?