Zoologia

Question 1

Where did primates first evolve

Answer 1

Laurasia

Question 2

There are two primary taxomic groups of extant turtels. On what characteristic are these groups based?

Answer 2

The movement of their neck

Question 3

For what purpose did the ribs of turtle ancestors become flat and broad on top of the body?

Answer 3

digging burrows

Question 4

What is dewlap

Answer 4

Skin under the head for sexual attraction

Question 5

Which characteristic distinguish tuataras from the squamates

Answer 5

They are not lizards. Fused jaw and two rows in the upper jaw

Question 6

what evidence demonstrates that ichthyosaurs were endothermic

Answer 6

presence of blubber

Question 7

All modern reptiles are

Answer 7

diapsids

Question 8

Which of the following species interbred extensively with Homo Sapiens in the past

Answer 8

Neanderthals and Denisovans

Question 9

Which of the folllowing explanations is the most widely accepted for the loss of legs in snakes

Answer 9

evolved
from burrowing
lizards