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Biological Anthropology, 3/e
Michael Alan Park
The Primates
True/False
Please answer all questions
1
To correctly specify a particular species both the genus and species names should be used.
A)
True
B)
False
2
The Linnaean taxonomic system indicates the relative relationships among organisms.
A)
True
B)
False
3
There are about 50 living species of primates.
A)
True
B)
False
4
Hearing is the predominant sense for primates.
A)
True
B)
False
5
Primates take a long time to mature mostly because of their large, complex brains.
A)
True
B)
False
6
Of all land mammals, the primates have the smallest relative brain sizes.
A)
True
B)
False
7
A primate's social status within a group is determined by color patterns on the face.
A)
True
B)
False
8
Primate social groups are predominantly maintained through grooming.
A)
True
B)
False
9
Primates give birth to relatively few offspring because of long periods of dependency.
A)
True
B)
False
10
All the New World primates are monkeys.
A)
True
B)
False
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