By the mid-Miocene monkeys became more common than apes because __________.
a. monkeys are r-selected while apes are k-selected
b. monkeys can more easily shift to efficient terrestrial locomotion
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
Question 2
The transition from brachiation to knucklewalking occurred because __________.
a. drying and cooling caused vast forests to break up into smaller areas
b. apes shifted to terrestrial food sources
c. the body size of great apes made brachiation impossible
d. brachiation proved to be an inefficient form of locomotion
Rhytidoplasty. This is a common form of plastic surgery in which the skin is pulled and sutured to d
Emphysema. (a) Illustration comparing normal lungs and emphysemic lungs. The inserts illustrate how
Pneumonia. This common lung inflammation may be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi and is often d
Common Functional Groups Found in Biomolecules
A culex tarsalis mosquito, a common vector of the spread of West Nile virus.
Early growth of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), a typical eudicot.