Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Name and describe the three groups of contemporary primates. To which group do humans belong?
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- Explain what distinguishes hominoids from other primates. Choose two hominoids and explain how their commonalites, differences, and similarities to humans. View keyboard shortcutsarrow_forwardWhat traits are associated with all primates (including Neanderthals and humans)?arrow_forwardGive certain primitive characters with all members of kingdom Animalia (adapted from Krempels and Lee, 2013). List five primitive characters all humans share with all other animals, but not with any other living things.arrow_forward
- What general conclusions can be drawn from the Eocene primates? What general conclusions can be drawn from the Oligocene primates? When did the divergence of Old World anthropoids and hominoids happen? What general conclusions can be drawn from the Miocene hominoidsarrow_forwardDescribe the aboreal adaptation of nonhuman primates and include specific anatomical characteristics ( mention at least three adaptations). do humans exhibit these anatomical characteritics? Explainarrow_forwardDiscuss the traits in the body (not head/skull) that define Primates and set them apart from other mammal groups.arrow_forward
- Outline the evolution of humans from early primates.Include in your discussion such features as binocular vision,grasping hands, bipedal locomotion, toolmaking, and brainexpansion.arrow_forwardDescribe 4 ways that tend to distinguish each of the following taxonomic groups: all primates from other mammals; strepsirrhines from haplorhines; catarrhines from platyrrhines; colobines from cercopithicoids; hominoids from other primates.arrow_forwardWhat characteristics do primates and rodents have in common? Which group of animals are birds more closely related to? Reptiles or Rodents? What do amphibians,reptiles,birds,rodents and primates have in common? What characteristics is unique only to birds and reptiles? Fish and primates have a common ancestor. What characteristics does this ancestor have?arrow_forward
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