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Q: The phenotype represented in a skeleton of a primate does little to explain behavior of the group to…

A: The phenotype explain  the observable physical properties of an organism and these include the…

Q: Describe five features of mammals.

A: Mammals are a group of warm-blooded vertebrate animals belonging to the class of  Mammalia. There…

Q: Birds: white breasted wood swallow, pied fantail, brown shrike, yellow vented bulbul, philippine…

A: The white-breasted wood swallow, pied fantail, brown shrike, yellow-vented bulbul, and Philippine…

Q: Envision the evolution of the primate group.

A: Any animal belonging to the primate family includes lorises, lemurs, monkeys, tarsiers, humans, and…

Q: What are some of features that are consistent across multiple groups of vertebrates? Cite 3 examples…

A: The features that are consistent among vertebrates are notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord,…

Q: Identify the characteristics that separate primates from theother mammals.

A: Primates refer to an order of mammals characterized by the large brain, usage of hands, and complex…

Q: What are the environmental conditions that give rise to bipedal primates?

A: The study of anthropology is a broad one and covers a variety of topics. In its most basic form,…

Q: Identify primate traits that are adaptive for living in trees.

A: The first primates like mammals are known as the proto primates. They appeared similar to the…

Q: Describe the characteristics that humans share with thechimpanzees.

A: Humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor. Chimpanzees are the closest species to humans with…

Q: Identify the major groups of primates.

A: BASIC INFORMATION  EVOLUTION The theory of evolution was first given by the Jean Baptist de Lamark.…

Q: Name, briefly describe, and contrast the three hypotheses of primate origins.

A: Primate is any eutherian mammal belonging to a group that includes monkeys, apes, humans, lemurs,…

Q: Discuss the traits in the body (not head/skull) that define Primates and set them apart from other…

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Q: Describe the derived features that distinguish primates from other animals

A: Primates:  It is placental mammals. It posses characteristics of mammals, such as constant body…

Q: describe some human characteristics that can be attributedto the tree-dwelling habits of earlier…

A: Evolution is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on…

Q: Reset Help True The common ancestor of lamprey and lancelets had a vertebral column. False Leopards…

A: A cladogram is a  phylogenetic diagram that classifies organisms according to shared…

Q: Why become a primate

A: In biology, evolution is the transition over many generations in the characteristics of a species…

Q: Identify at least five derived traits of primates

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: How do the non-human primates interact in general? How is their sociality similar to humans?

A: Non human primates  are the group of mammals which include Apes and monkeys and lemurs ,rhesus…

Q: What are the physical differences between Primates and Homo Sapiens?

A: Primates are any mammal that includes lorises, monkeys, apes. Primates do tree climbing that…

Q: . List the defining characteristics of primates

A: These are animals which include the monkey,humans and apes.

Q: List the features that distinguish birds from the rest of thereptile lineage.

A: Birds are predicted to have descended from carnivorous dinosaurs, as these organism starts growing…

Q: How does the need for dietary vitamin C show that humans are more closely related to other primates…

A: Vitamins are biomolecules that are required by the body for normal functioning and repair of…

Q: Name and describe the three groups of contemporary primates. Towhich group do humans belong?

A: Primates are those which include primate members such as monkey, apes, lemures. They posse…

Q: Discuss the traits common to the primates.

A: The group of heterotrophic, eukaryotic organisms with no cell wall are called animals. The animals…

Q: Summarize the evolutionary relationship of the primates.

A: The evolutionary studies have revealed that all the primates evolved from a common ancestor, which…

Q: Diagramatically present the Evolution of primates ?

A: Evolution is the natural process where is a change in the heritable characteristics of biological…

Q: Highlight two arboreal adaptations of primates. Explain how your selected adaptations help primates…

A: Adaptation is the process by which the organism adjusts to its environment for survival. The…

Q: Describe when and from what group birds evolved, and list their unique traits.

A: Birds evolved during jurassic period around 165-150 million years ago. They evolved from a group of…

Q: Describe 4 arboreal adaptation of primates and include specific anatomical characteristics

A: Arboreal animals tend to locomote on the trees and that is the reason they have evolved in such a…

Q: How are humans related to primates? What characteristics do you see in humans, either anatomically…

A: Primates are the mammals which belong to order Primate. These are further classified taxonomically…

Q: Discuss the characteristics of mammals.

A: Mammals are species included in the animal kingdom. They are present worldwide from ocean, rivers,…

Q: Describe the reptiles (including the birds) and argue for including the birds in the reptile clade.

A: In the late Devonian era,the aquatic vertebrates are adapted to terrestrial vertebrates. This…

Q: write out (by hand) the taxonomy of the frog from Domain through class AND write out (by hand) the…

A: Taxonomy is the branch of biology that deals with the study of the identification, nomenclature, and…

Q: Where did New World Monkeys come from?  Contrast the various ideas describing the origins of New…

A: Most monkeys and all primates are diurnal, unlike prosimians. Humans, like animals, are diurnal by…

Q: What are the three suborders of primates?

A: Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and lemurs. They are…

Q: Why study primates

A: Compared to other species, primates have big brains (relative to body size) as well as an increased…

Q: What the difference is between saying something is a primate and saying it is a monkey versus an…

A: Primates are the group of mammals that includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and…

Q: Discuss primate evolution before Sahelanthropus.

A: Man is the result of evolution. As a result, human evolution is intrinsically related to the origin…

Q: Human bipedalism is associated with skeletal structure adaptations that are distinct from the…

A: Bipedalism is a distinctive mode of locomotion in which an organism moves on two hind limbs or legs.…

Q: Describe the ecosystem and its importance to the animal kingdom. How ecosystem affects the role of…

A: The ecosystem is studied for understanding the interactions among organisms. And organism…

Q: How do the non-human primates interact in general? How is their speciality similar to humans?

A: Non-human primates are groups of mammals that include both simians (monkeys and apes) and prosimians…

Q: Describe the traits unique to mammals.

A: There are a total of 5000 species of mammals and they come under the phylum Chordata, belonging to…

Q: Provide three traits of Homo morphology.

A: Humans are unique and stand out differently compared with thousand of other numerous species that…

Primate evolution

Primates are a relatively new species and first appeared in the fossil record nearly 55 million years ago. They may have originated as far back as the cretaceous period. Their fossils were observed in North America, Asia, and Europe. Long before the first monkeys and their prosimian relatives developed, most animal species thrived and died. The first primates did not exist until about 50-55 million years ago, even though the planet is 4.54 billion years old and the first life goes back at least 3.5 billion years. Dinosaurs had been extinct for 10 to 15 million years when this happened.