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Anthropology Human Evolution Help

Hey guys I can't seem to figure out some of these multiple choice questions.
It'd be great if someone could help me out~!

-Also, do you mind if you could possibly explain the answer.
Bad example: 1) Africa
Good example:1) It's Africa because ________

____ 66. The earliest true primates known are the ____________.
() plesiadapids and omomyids () plesiadapids and adapids
() adapids and omomyids () anthropoids and and omomyids

____ 67. One of the goals of a modern archeological team is to _________________ .
() produce evidence for evolution () examine the biostratigraphy
() reconstruct the original environment () use carbon-14 technology to date the site

____ 68. The best fossil record of early anthropoids comes from __________________ .
() Asia () the Fayum () South Africa () South America

____ 69. The hominoid morphological traits of a lateral scapula and a backward oriented clavicle are adaptations
for _________________ .
() quadrupedalism () standing upright () bipedality () hanging and climbing in trees

____ 70. East African fossil sites ______ well-dated because of the ____________ .
() can be, biostratigraphy there () can't be, biostratigraphy there
() can be, volcanic activity there () can't be, volcanic activity there

____ 71. Of all the Miocence hominoids known, the only one that is clearly ancestral to a living species is ____ .
() Aegyptopithecus () Sivapithecus () Lucy () Proconsul

____ 72. By convention, we classify any __________________________ .
() bipedal hominin as a hominoid () bipedal hominoid as a hominin
() large-brained hominin as human () large-brained hominoid as a hominin

____ 73. Miocene hominoids are found in ___________________ .
() Africa and Asia () Africa, Asia and North America
() Africa, Asia, and Europe () Africa and Europe

____ 62. The earliest true primates are found in _____________ .
() Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America () Africa, Madagascar, Europe, and Asia
() Africa, North America, and South America () Africa, Europe, North and South America

____ 63. The ancestors of South American monkeys almost certainly came from ____________.
() Europe () Africa () Asia () North America

61. Identifying a paleospecies requires understanding __________________ .
() the paleoenvironment () the biological species concept
() variation within and between living species () the three principles of stratigraphy

59. Compared with the other living hominoids, our (human) pelvis is ______________ .
() narrower and shorter () narrower and longer () wider and shorter () wider and longer

57. The determination of whether a new fossil is a separate species is made in part based on ________.
() how big it is () the variation in modern animals
() what other species it was found with () how old it is

51. Biostratigraphy is the dating method used ______________________.
() when radiometric dating is unavailable () only in South Africa
() when volcanic ash is available for potassium-argon dating
() when fossils are to old for carbon-14 dating

48. Biostratigraphy is based on _______________________.
() human fossils from South Africa () radiometrically dated fossils from another site
() radiometrically dated fossils from the site () carbon-14 dated fossils

45. Fossils are almost always found in __________________________.
() solidified volcanic ash () cold climates () sedimentary deposits () caves

____ 42. Both potassium-argon dating and carbon-14 dating are based on ___________________________.
() radioactive decay () volcanic ash () plate tectonics () the half-life of carbon-14
____ 43. Human fossils from South Africa are dated by ___________ .
() faunal correlation () paleomagnetism () carbon-14 dating () potassium-argon dating

40. For dating fossil humans, the most useful method is ___________________________.
() potassium-argon dating () paleomagnetism () faunal correlation () carbon-14 dating

28. Proconsul is best described as _____________________________ .
() an early ancestor of hominins () an early ancestor of orangutans
() resembling our concept of the missing link between hominoids and cercopithecoids
() resembling our concept of the ancestral morphotype of hominoids and cercopithecoids

__ 26. In order to better understand evolutionary processes, paleontologists will (if possible) ___________ .
() determine whether fossil species interbred () look for shared primitive characters in the fossils

22. Most researchers accept Australopithecus afarensis as ancestral to all later hominins. If true, this makes it
ancestral to _____________.
() modern humans () Ardipithecus ramidus
() early hominins () only gracile australopithecines

15. The explanation for the relatively large size of males in one-male, multi-female groups is _________ .
() sexual selection () bigger animals are stronger and eat more
() bigger animals are more dominant () bigger males are more likely to be philopatric

12. In our evolution, the correct sequence is ____________________________.
() bipedality, reduced canines, brain enlargement () bipedality, brain enlargement, reduced canines
() reduced canines, brain enlargement, bipedality () brain enlargement, bipedality, reduced canines

02. The differences between the robust and gracile australopithecines are probably related to _______.
() the fact that the robust australopithecines are more primitive () their diet
() the habitat they lived in () the fact that the robust australopithecines are more derived

-Thank you so much!