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As an order, primates
have generalized traits
Among the apes, the ________ have the smallest average body sizes.
gibbons and siamangs
Compared to Strepsirhini, anthropoids generally
depend less on olfaction and more on vision
What are the most non-derived or primitive primates?
a. lemurs and lorises

Monkeys are divided into which two major groups?

e. New and Old World species
Which of the following are not hominoids?
baboons
Regarding aspects of primate maturation, learning, and behavior, primates have all except
a. decreased life span
All Old World monkeys belong to which family?
Cercopithecidae
Bonobos are
d. in the same genus as the chimpanzee
DNA hybridization of humans and chimpanzees indicate they share about _________ of their DNA base sequences.
c. 99 percent
In nonhuman primates, the hormonally initiated period of sexual receptivity is
b. called estrus
The fossil skeleton known as “Lucy” belongs to which species?
Australopithecus afarensis.
1. Adaptive advantages of bipedalism include the following except
A. further refinements to capabilities used for swimming
Australopithecus afarensis specimens from Laetoli and Hadar are

East Africa
Dating methods indicating that something is older or more recent than something else
Relative dating