Which of the Following Statements About Proconsul Is NOT True

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about Proconsul is NOT true?

• A) It was the most abundant and successful of the anthropoids during the early Miocene.
• B) It is probably the last common ancestor shared by Old World monkeys and apes.
• C) It was a carnivore.
• D) It had marked sexual dimorphism.
• E) It lacked the capacity for brachiation.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a measure of the threshold of statistical significance.

Test Statistic

A standardized value calculated from sample data, used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Confidence Interval

A range of numerical values sourced from sample data, envisaged to enclose the value of an undiscovered population parameter.