Dominance hierarchies-primate behavior sponging

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1) Most primates have
    A.     grasping feet
    B.     nails instead of claws on their fingers and toes
    C.     well-developed communication systems
    D.     unspecialized limbs
    E.     all of these

1) Dominance hierarchies
    A.     are permanent and inflexible
    B.     likely give dominant males and females a reproductive advantage
    C.     do not result in dominant females having priority access to food
    D.     are found only in monogamous and solitary primates

2) Primates reproductive strategies (compared to other mammals)
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    A.     are K-selected
    B.     are r-selected
    C.     are similar for males and females
    D.     is always monogamy

3) In terms of primate behavior, "sponging" refers to
    A.     mothers using material such as leaves and bark to clean their babies
    B.     individual primates observing behaviors of others and then copying those behaviors
    C.     dipping leaves into streams to soak up water to drink
    D.     a younger primate hanging around older primates in order to get food handed to them

4) The social structure of a given primate species is influenced by which of the following?
    A.     distribution of food resources
    B.     the types of predators inhabiting the environment
    C.     relationships with other primates species in the area
    D.     all of these

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