Grossmont College Your Inner Monkey Film Questions

YOUR INNER MONKEY!!! FILM QUESTIONS. WRITE NEATLY. PUT YOUR NAME AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. TURN THIS IN AFTER THE FILM FOR CREDIT

1. WHERE IS YOUR COXYX AND WHY IS IT PRESENT IN HUMANS?

2. ARE THE MONKEYS FEATURED IN THE FILM NEW WORLD (platyrrhini) OR OLD WORLD (catarrhini)? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

3. LIST AT LEAST 3 FEATURES FOUND IN PRIMATES BUT NOT PRESENT IN OTHER MAMMALS.

4. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN PRIMATE? WHEN DID IT LIVE, WHERE WAS IT FOUND?

5. WHAT SKELETAL FEATURES GAVE IT AN ADVANTAGE?

6. HOW DID COLOR VISION EVOLVE? HOW MANY COLORS CAN MOST HUMANS SEE?

7. HOW MANY GENES TDO WE HAVE THAT DETECT SMELL? COMPARE OUR GENES TO A DOG’S GENES FOR SMELL.

8. DESCRIBE THE TWO FOSSILS THAT SHED THE MOST LIGHT ON BIPEDALISM.

a.1974—

b. 1994

9. WHAT ARE THE MOST OBVIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF BEING BIPEDAL? WHY DO WE SUFFER THESE CONSEQUENCES?

10. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TOOLS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION?

11. WHAT IS OBJECT PERMANANCE, AND WHO IS BETTER AT IT, THE BABY MONKEY, OR THE BABY HUMAN? WHY?

12. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A LONG CHILDHOOD?

13. WHAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF ALL BRAINS?

14. HOW LONG AGO DID THE FIRST BRAINS BEGIN TO EVOLVE?

9. WHAT ARE THE MOST OBVIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF BEING BIPEDAL? WHY DO WE SUFFER THESE CONSEQUENCES?10. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TOOLS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION?11. WHAT IS OBJECT PERMANANCE, AND WHO IS BETTER AT IT, THE BABY MONKEY, OR THE BABY HUMAN? WHY? 12. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A LONG CHILDHOOD?13. WAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF ALL BRAINS?14. HOW LONG AGO DID THE FIRST BRAINS BEGIN TO EVOLVE?9. WHAT ARE THE MOST OBVIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF BEING BIPEDAL? WHY DO WE SUFFER THESE CONSEQUENCES?10. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TOOLS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION?11. WHAT IS OBJECT PERMANANCE, AND WHO IS BETTER AT IT, THE BABY MONKEY, OR THE BABY HUMAN? WHY? 12. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A LONG CHILDHOOD?13. WAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF ALL BRAINS?14. HOW LONG AGO DID THE FIRST BRAINS BEGIN TO EVOLVE?