Problem Set 1 Ant 111 – Problem Set 2 Name: __________________________ Directions: For this problem set, you will read the attached PDF files from the workbook “Method and Practice in Biological...

Problem Set 1
Ant 111 – Problem Set 2
Name: __________________________
Directions: For this problem set, you will read the attached PDF files from the workbook “Method and Practice in Biological Anthropology” by S. Hens, 2008, and work through the indicated exercises. Feel free to consult your textbook for additional information if necessary. Please fill out the answers to the following questions by typing your answers in the provided boxes. You should name your file: Yourname_Problem2, and submit this sheet as an attachment in the Assignment area for the appropriate problem set. See the assignment directions for more information.
Due Date: Problem Set 2 is due 11:59pm Sunday the last day of Unit 3; see the course schedule for the exact date.
Note: some of the questions say to examine casts (replicas) of bones or skeletons in the lab, which is obviously not possible for us. All of these questions can be answered given the information in the text of the lab manual.
Chapter 10: Primate Classification
Exercise 4, p XXXXXXXXXXpoints each, for 3 points total)
Which two animals are nocturnal?
    
How can you tell? (From the picture.)
    
Exercise 5, p XXXXXXXXXXpoint each, for 22 points total)
Compare a prosimian/Strepsirhine to an anthropoid/Haplorhine.
    
    prosimian/Strepsirhine
    anthropoid/Haplorhine
    Prehensility (yes/no)
    
    
    Opposability (yes/no)
    
    
    Grooming claw (yes/no)
    
    
    Five digits (yes/no)
    
    
    Clavicle (yes/no)
    
    
    Posto
ital bar or complete closure (which one)
    
    
    Size of o
its (describe)
    
    
    Snout length (describe)
    
    
    Tooth comb (yes/no)
    
    
    Molar tooth cusps (describe)
    
    
    Fused mandible (yes/no)
    
    
Exercise 6, p XXXXXXXXXXpoint)
Which monkey displays a prehensile tail? (From the picture.)
    
Exercise 8, p XXXXXXXXXXpoints each, for 15 points total)
Compare New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.
    
    New World monkey
    Old World monkey
    Nose shape/septum width
    
    
    Prehensile tail?
    
    
    Dental formula
    
    
    A
oreal or te
estrial?
    
    
    Diurnal or nocturnal?
    
    
Pre-Lab Questions, pp XXXXXXXXXXpoints each, for 9 points total)
Give the letter for the co
ect answer:
    Question
    Answe
    1. “pit bull te
ier”
    
    3. Orangutan
    
    4. ring tailed lemu
    
    6. traits
    
    7. nocturnal
    
    8. platy
hine nose
    
Post Lab Questions
Question 1, p XXXXXXXXXXpoints)
Which two organisms are most closely related?
    
Question 2, p XXXXXXXXXXpoints)
Which two organisms are most closely related?
    
Question 8, p XXXXXXXXXXpoints each, for 12 points total)
Match the traits with the group, using: A- non-primate mammal trait, or B- primate trait.
    Claws
    
    Five digits
    
    Lack of opposability
    
    Excellent sense of smell
    
    Emphasis on vision
    
    Diphyodont dentition
    
    Clavicles
    
    Enclosed eye socket
    
Question 9, p XXXXXXXXXXpoints each, for 12 points total)
Match the traits as belonging to what group of primates, using: A- prosimian, B- New World monkey, C- Old World monkey, D- ape.
    Tooth com
    
    Broad thorax
    
    Broad nose
    
    Rhinarium
    
    Commonly nocturnal
    
    Lack of a tail
    
    Prehensile tail
    
    Bilophodont molars
    
Question 10, p XXXXXXXXXXpoints)
Can you think of any physical traits that humans have that are not shared by apes? (hint- you can look ahead in the textbook if you can’t think of anything)
    
Last question (1 point)
What do you think of these problem sets? What about them do you like or dislike? Explain.