Question 1

Discuss the main factors contributing to the endangerment and extinction of primates.

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Question 2

Imagine you discover a new species of primate. It has a large body size (about 35 kilograms), is sexually dimorphic, appears to spend at least some of its time in the trees, lives in dense tropical forest, and has longer arms than legs. Based on this information only, what can you hypothesize about this new species' behavior and ecology?

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Question 3

Compare and contrast how primates differ from other mammals in each of the following categories and give a specific example for each one: (a) limbs and locomotion, (b) teeth and diet, (c) the senses, (d) the brain and intelligence, and (e) behavior.

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Question 4

Using the information from the chapter on how ecology shapes behavior, create a model showing how certain ecological pressures might have favored sociality in primates.

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Question 5

What adaptations do some plants have to make themselves less palatable to animals that might otherwise eat them? Explain the primate counteradaptations that allow them to eat such plants.

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Question 6

Compare and contrast five differences in morphology and behavior between the strepsirrhine primates and the haplorrhine primates. Make a distinction between ancestral and derived traits in your discussion.

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Question 7

Explain how reasoning from homology and reasoning from analogy can help us to understand our own species better.

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Question 8

Explain the taxonomic problems associated with members of Tarsiiformes. How would an evolutionary taxonomist classify these organisms within the order Primates? How would a cladist classify these organisms within the primates?

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Question 9

How do active metabolism, growth rate, and reproductive effort affect basal metabolism?

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Question 10

Summarize the changes in manual dexterity and sensory reorganization that accompanied the evolution of primates.

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Quiz 5: Primate Diversity and Ecology