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1
In their adaptation to living in trees, primates evolved with trends towards all of the following characteristics except
A)a reduced reproductive rate.
B)a large, complex brain.
C)mobile limbs.
D)bipedalism.
2
Which primates have opposable thumbs?
A)All three of these, which are the only three primates with truly opposable thumbs.
B)great apes
C)humans
D)Old world monkeys
3
All primates share a common mammalian ancestor. The first primate group to diverge from this ancestor was
A)the anthropoids.
B)the hominoids.
C)the hominins.
D)the prosimians.
4
True or False: Early humanlike hominins and modern humans belong to the same genus, Homo.
A)True
B)False
5
Homo sapiens
A)gave rise to archaic humans.
B)are archaic species of humans who lived in Europe or Africa.
C)are believed to have replaced the archaic species in Africa and migrated out of Africa to replace archaic species in Europe and Asia, too.
D)are extinct.





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