Get premium membership and access revision papers, questions with answers as well as video lessons.

Got a question or eager to learn? Discover limitless learning on WhatsApp now - Start Now!

Primate Ecology And Evolution Question Paper

Primate Ecology And Evolution

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
AHT 438: PRIMATE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

DATE: Wednesday 30th December 2009

TIME: 4.30pm ? 6.30pm

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer Three (3) questions only.
1.
Examine the characteristic features common among primates.

2.
Analyze the biogeography of the living primates.
EITHER

3.
Discuss the three infra-orders among prosimians

OR

4.
Identify and asses the ecology and the characteristic features of anthropoid infra-
orders
platyrrhini and catarrhini.

5.
Illustrate the sequence of primate evolution from the mesozoic era to the

emergence of hominids.

6.
?Much of the day today life of primates is driven by two concerns; getting enough

to eat and avoid being eaten?. Discuss this statement in relation to primate
ecology.

7.
Evaluate how the study of primate social behaviour can help in statement of the

development of human habits.

8.
Is the locomotors skeleton of a primate related to its habitat?
Page 1 of 1