ANTH 1001 Chapter : Chapter 9 Quiz
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Euprimates, the first true primates, consisted of the following two groups: platyrrhines and catarrhines, adapids and anthropoids, plesiadapiforms and omomyids, omomyids and adapids. Higher primates most likely evolved from: anthropoids, omomyids, adapids, none of these is correct. Which of the following is unique to hominins: power grip, precision grip, opposable thumb, all of these are correct. A valid criticism of the idea that anthropoids evolved independently in africa and south. Eocene primates differ from paleocene primates in the following way(s: increased vision, reduced sense of smell, larger brain, all of these are correct. The common ancestor of all later catarrhines, old world monkeys, and hominins was likely: aegyptopithecus, proconsul, eosimias, dryopithecus. This skull indicates plesiadapis was not a true primate because. Click to view enlarged image: it lacks a postorbital bar, it has specialized front teeth, its brain is too small, all of these are correct. This phylogenetic chart of catarrhine origins indicates that.
