Name two traits that primates have that are modified from an ancestral mammalian form (consider: what traits differentiate primates from other mammals due to their specialized adaptations within the arboreal ecological niche).

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Q: Describe the evolution of mammals and the major groups of living mammals.

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Q: What adaptive benefit do the three middle ear bones afford mammals?

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

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

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Q: Identify at least five derived traits of primates

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Q: According to evolutionary relationships among the primates, which of the following is true of…

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Q: 1.List three specific characteristics found in ALL primates that are absent in other mammals. 2.…

A: Primates possess several characteristics distinct from other mammals. They have opposable thumbs or…

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

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

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Q: Discuss the characteristics of mammals.

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Q: What general conclusions can be drawn from the Eocene primates? What general conclusions can be…

A: During the Eocene epoch (approximately 56 to 34 million years ago), primates were small-bodied and…

Q: Flight evolved two times among the animals in this phylogenetic tree; once in birds, and once in…

A: Homologous characters   These are defined as the body parts of species that have similar…

Q: Discuss adaptive advantages of the primate features with regards to human evolutio

A: Human evolution is the process that led to modern humans’ emergence.  It begins with primates’…

Q: In 1928 Walter Garstang hypothesized that tunicates resemble the ancestral stock of the vertebrates.…

A: Introduction: Tunicate dwells in marine environment and is an invertebrate belonging to subphylum…

Q: fter the mass extinction that occured 65 million years ago, mammals rapidly diversified to occupy…

A: Adaptive radiation is defined as the rapid growth of organisms that share a common ancestor and is…

Q: Australopithecus africanus Kenyanthropus platyops 5- Australo- .0-pithecus Australopithecus garhi…

A: Modern human that is, the species Homo sapiens, arose somewhat as of late, something like 315,000 to…

Q: Discuss primate evolution before Sahelanthropus.

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Q: List at least five evolutionary changes that occurred with birds (each one should be from a…

A: Introduction Evolution is the process of change in the characteristics of living organisms over…

Q: Increased meat consumption is suggested to have led to increased brain and body size in H. erectus…

A: The implications of increased meat consumption in Homo erectus and it's potential implications for…

Q: What hypothesis is a true statement connecting to early hominin behavior seems the most plausible?…

A: The evolution of modern humans from our hominid ancestor is usually believed to have taken four…

Q: What role do you think phylogenetic ancestors play in the evolutionary development of certain marine…

A: Phylogeny is the branch of systematics which helps in the study of evolutionary relationships…

Evolutionary adaptations

Evolutionary adaptation is the process through which organisms adapt or adjust to their surroundings to increase the chances of survival, mating, and reproduction. An organism's behavior, physiology, and structure are adjusted or changed to make it more suited to its environment.