_________ retain more primitive characteristics than otherprimates, such as partially enclosed orbits.
a) strepsirhines
b) haplorhines
c) platyrrhines
d) catarrhines
Which burial environments would best promote fossilization?
a) burial by sediments or volcanic ash soon after death
b) burial after de-fleshing bones by scavengers
c) burial in ground water or acidic soil
d) burial in geologically active area with hot springs
Which is true about absolute radiometric dating methods?
a) provide only a relative date
b) provide a numerical date
c) measure radioactive decay from lighter to heavierisotopes
d) determine past climate history through stable isotopeanalysis
The ancestors of platyrrhines were more likely to haveoriginated with ______ as this fossil species shares many skeletalfeatures in common.
a) Apidium
b) Catopithecus
c) Aegyptopithicus
d) Dryopithecus
Which statement about Old World monkey evolution is notcurrently supported?
a) Fully modern bilophodont molars first appear inVictoriapithecus
b) modern monkeys have reverted back to the ancestral Y-5 molarpattern
c) Old World monkeys became more diverse than apes in the lateMiocene
d) ape diversity decreased due to direct competition with OldWorld monkeys
