What is a primate?

Q: Can Animals  be asymmetrical ?

A: The animal bodies can be categorised based on their plane of symmetry. They can be radial, bilateral…

Q: How are tarsiers different from all other primates? How are African-Eurasian monkeys different from…

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

Q: Was Archaeopteryx the firstbird?

A: Archaeopteryx is a fossil. This is an extinct species; it does not exist anymore. The fossil was…

Q: What is a hominin?

A: Hominins are the members of a tribe from the subfamily Homininae. Hominin Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:…

Q: Why are Tuataras not grouped together with the lizards? What morphological character separates them?

A: Though Tuataras look similar to lizards but they are actually very different both morphologically…

Q: Are “fish” a monophyletic group?

A: The taxon is the term used in the field of life science for categorizing animals, autotrophs, and…

Q: How Long Might Neanderthals Have Co-Existed withModern Humans (Homo sapiens)?

A: homo sapiens and neanderthals shared common ancestry 0.5 million years ago and somewhere a split…

Q: What are three traits (besides a post-orbital bar) that are DERIVED traits when COMPARING primates…

A: Ancestral primate traits refer to the fundamental characteristics and features that are shared by…

Q: Why did hominins evolve from an apelike primate?

A: Carolus linnaeus placed man among monkeys and apes. He coined the term Homo sapiens for humans.…

Q: Why apes are classified as Eumetazoa and what is the reason for the name chosen?

A: Apes are a group of primates that belong to the superfamily Hominoidea, which includes gibbons,…

Q: What era did Australopithecus afarensis evolve?

A: It is required to identify the era in which Australopithecus afarensis evolve.

Q: How closely is Homo sapiens related to Neandertals?

A: Evolution is change in the heritable qualities of organic populaces over progressive ages. These…

Q: How do penguins differ from other marine birds?

A: Birds, belonging to the class Aves, are the warm-blooded vertebrates possessing feathers. They have…

Q: what was chracteristucs define the genus homo?

A: HOMINIDS:- Hominid are known as apes. This hominid belongs to the  Hominidae family includes a…

Q: What is the evolutionary relationship of Neanderthals to Homo sapiens?

A: While a modern human who lived about 40,000 years ago was found to have about 6-9 percent…

Q: How do we know Homo_sapiens when we see one?

A: The only remaining member of the genus Homo is Homo sapiens, usually referred to as modern humans.…

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: How do H. neanderthalensis and H. sapiens differ?

A: Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens are two species of human evolution have evolved in the later…

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: 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: what is a mammal?

A: The term “Mammal” is derived from the Latin term “mamma” which means “breast”. They are a group of…

Q: Is Animal ComplexityCorrelated with miRNADiversity?

A: Animals phyla vary greatly in morphology, from single sponges that lack tissue and symmetry to…

Q: what were the earliest members of the genus Homo?

A: Human evolution is the evolutionary path that led to the development of anatomically modern humans,…

Q: What is significant about Homo erectus in the human lineage

A: Homo erectus  was the first of our relatives to have human-like body proportions, with shorter arms…

Q: are the four categories of lifestyle adaptations used to define the genus Homo?

A: early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees and were hunters and gatherers. They used basic…

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: Strepsirrhines differ from haplorrhines in retaining more ancestral traits from the earliest…

A: The question is asking whether Strepsirrhines, a suborder of primates, retain more ancestral traits…

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: What factors could be responsible for the size differences among modern vertebrate genomes?

A: The complete set of genetic information in an organism is known as genome. It provides all of the…

Q: How many common characteristics do cetaceans share with mammals and fish?

A: According to the question, we have to explain how many common characteristics cetaceans share with…

Q: What are the advantages of bipedalism in humans?

A: Skeletal system is a part of body system which gives scaffolding structure and provides support to…

Q: Did gene flow occur between Neanderthalsand humans?

A: Gene flow is a natural process of transfer of genes and alleles from one population to another. Gene…

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: What features of primate hands and feet are adaptations to an arboreal existence?

A: Introduction  Taxonomy is the branch of science that deals with the classification of organisms into…

Q: Among primates, what is the allometric relationship between body size and diet type?

A: In 1936, Julian Huxley and Georges Tessier came up with the word "allometry." In its widest meaning,…

Q: How did HOMO successfully expand around and out of AFRICA?

A: ANSWER;- - These environment shifts, set off by the wobble of Earth's pivot, made green hallways…

Q: To what genus do pigs belong? --Homo --Pisaster --Sus --Suidae --Pan

A: A genus is a taxonomic rank below the family and above the species. It is used to group species…

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: What is theATP

A: Metabolic pathway of an organism includes all the chemical process that occur in an individual to…

Q: How has having an opposable thumb helped primates, especially humans, adapt to their environment and…

A: The opposable thumb is an adaptation that helps humans and other primates to carry out the tasks…

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.