Question

1- The habitat of a primate determines what the social structure of a primate group will be.

a) True

b) False

2- Hominin emergence is characterized by the simultaneous appearance of bipedalism toolmaking behavior, and a large brain.

a) True

b) False

3-Primates with nocturnal vision also have great color vision.

a) True

b) False

4- Tarsiers are considered great apes

a) True

b) False

Answer 1

1 a) True
explanation: Primates social structure are meant to describe diverse relationships that exist between individuals as well as patterns of interactions that define them. Factors influencing the inter-individual relationship are primarily food competition,group size and dispersal patterns that are determined by the habitat.
2.a) True
These characters of hominin differentiate them from other primates and characterise them to be a hominin are erect posture, bipedal locomotion,larger brains, and behavioural characteristics like tool use and sometimes communication through language.
3.b)False
Explanation: Primates with nocturnal vision can't have great color vision becauseof the fact that color sensitive cones are of little use to nocturnal species, they require relatively bright light of daytime to detect color.
4. b) False
Tarsiers are not considered great apes as they are tiny carnivorous primates but they are said they are placed on the evolutionary branch that leads to monkeys,great apes and humans.