Which of the following traits is unique to tarsiers among primates?    live birth to singletons   enclosed body orbits extreme rotation of the neck    mix of nails and claws     Which traits do tarsiers share with the anthropoids, indicating that they are more closely related to the anthropoids than they are to the lemurs and lorises?    elongated tarsal bones    dry nose    more enclosed bony orbits nocturnality

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Q: Which of the following pairs are the best examples of homologous structures? owl wing and hornet…

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Q: Identify at least five derived traits of primates

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

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Q: What are your thoughts on the followig paragraph below?

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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.