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How do you prove this statement The ancestors of Primates is a tree-dwelling insectivore?
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It can be proved by DNA testings on bones. After that you can look at the teeth to find out what they ate.
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Do all primates have a flat face?
No. I am a primate and my face is not flat. Is yours?
Why does an orangutan have a tail?
Orangutans do not have tails. Only monkeys have tails. Orangutans are apes. Apes are tailless primates.
Who discovered inclined plane?
The inclined plane has been around forever. It's how the pyramids were built. Also, other primates use them besides humans. This is kind of like asking, "Who invented the wheel." The answer, unfortunately has been lost to time.
What is the term for any priate that walks on two feet?
You must mean primate- there isn't a specific term, they're just called bipedal primates. Apes that have exhibited this include chimpanzees, bonobo's, baboons, gibbons and even some orang-utans.
What are the four pieces of evolution?
1. Evolution reproduced in the lab or documented in nature:a. Two strains of fruit flies lost the ability to interbreed and produce fertile offspring in the lab over a 4-year span ... i.e. they became two new species. (Easily repeated experiment.)b. A new plant species (a type of firewood), created by a doubling of the chromosome count from the original stock (Mosquin, 1967).c. Multiple species of the house mouse unique to the Faeroe Islands occurred within 250 years of introduction of a foundation species on the island.d. Formation of 5 new species of cichlid fishes that have formed in a single lake within 4,000 years of introduction of a parent species.2. Fossil evidence - (So much to list). The way fossils appear in the layers of rock always corresponds to relative development ... more primitive creatures in lower (older) layers. Absolute dating of fossils using radiometry. Constant discovery of new transitional forms. E.g. reptile-birds, reptile-mammals, legged whales, legged sea cows.3. Genetic evidence - E.g. the fact that humans have a huge number of genes (as much as 96%) in common with other great apes ... and (as much as 50%) with wheat plants. The pattern of genetic evidence follows the tell-tale patterns of ancestral relationships (more genes in common between recently related species, and fading the further back in time).4. Molecular evidence - These are commonalities in DNA ... which is separate from genetic commonalities ... much of our DNA does not code for genes at all. But random mutations (basically 'typos') enter into DNA at a known rate over the centuries. This is called the 'molecular clock' and again gives excellent evidence of when humans diverged from other apes (about 6 million years ago, according to this molecular clock), and this corresponds perfectly with when these fossils first appear in the fossil record (using radiometric dating).5. Evidence from proteins - Proteins - E.g., things like blood proteins (the things that give us our A, B, O blood typing and the Rh factor (the plus/minus thing) which incidentally stands for 'rhesus monkey'); the exact structure of the insulin molecule; and my favorite, the proteins responsible for color vision. The specific proteins found in human color vision are exactly the same as those found in Old World primates (the great apes and the monkeys found in Africa and Asia). These proteins are absent in New World primates (the Central and South American monkeys), and from all other mammals. In fact among the New World primates, only the howler monkey has color vision ... but these use slightly *different* proteins, coded on different locations and chromosomes, than humans and the OW primates. This is yet more evidence of a closer link between humans and the OW primates.6. Vestigial and atavistic organs - E.g. Leg and pelvic bones in whales, dolphins, and some snakes; unused eyes in blind cave fish, unused wings in flightless birds and insects; flowers in non-fertilizing plants (like dandelions); in humans, wisdom teeth, tailbones, appendix, the plantaris muscle in the calf (useless in humans, used for grasping with the feet in primates).7. Embryology - E.g. Legs on dolphin embryos; tails and gill folds on human embryos; snake embryos with legs; marsupial eggshell and carnuncle.8. Biogeography - The current and past distribution of species on the planet. E.g. almost all marsupials and almost no placental mammals are native to Australia ... the result of speciation in a geographically isolated area.9. Homology - E.g. the same bones in the same relative positions in primate hands, bat wings, bird wings, mammals, whale and penguin flippers, pterosaur wings, horse legs, the forelimbs of moles, and webbed amphibian legs.10. Bacteriology, virology, immunology, pest-control - I.e. the way that bacteria evolve in response to antibiotics (we can compare strains of tuberculosis today, with samples of older epidemics and can see the specific structures), or viruses (like HIV) respond to antivirals, or insects evolving in response to pesticides.----P.S. to Alana:1. Evolution has absolutely NOTHING to do with "chemicals miraculously appearing out of thin air." Nothing. Nada. Zip. Niente. Ixnay.2. Charles Darwin never said anything of the sort.Whenever a Creationist starts a sentence with "Even Charles Darwin said ..." you can be sure that the very next words are something Charles Darwin never said.
Why primates went from walking as quadrapods to bipedals?
Humans are the only bipedal primates. Our ancestors a few million years back were quadrupeds. Our earliest ancestors that were bipedal were the Australopethicines.
What do you call early ancestors of humans?
Australopithicans Homo habilis homo erectus
Are baboons and gorillas ancestors of humans?
Baboons and gorillas are not direct ancestors of humans. Humans share a common ancestor with primates like baboons and gorillas from millions of years ago, but they are not direct descendants of these species. We share a more recent common ancestor with great apes like chimpanzees and bonobos.
What is theory of man?
Humans are primates. Apes, monkeys, chimpanzees, etc. are also primates.Skeletons of primates that lived millions of years ago show that the ancestors of humans have changed from rather short hunched and probably furry primates that lived in groups and used stone tools to Homo erectus to the modern human.The theory is that all primates probably had a common ancestor but due to separation of groups, environmental factors and random genetic mutations, speciation occurred and different groups of primates became increasingly different from each other. Modern primates do not look like their distant ancestors after millions of years and each species of modern primates are different from each other. The great ape is different from lemurs and humans. Humans are unique in having the ability to excavate, document and study the remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago.Just as birds had a common ancestor with dinosaurs as did, perhaps reptiles, humans had a common ancestor with other mammals.
What kind of primate are most like the first primates?
The lemurs are thought to bear the most similar resemblance to our early primate ancestors. Their seclusion on the island of Madagascar has allowed for evolutionary stasis.
What is the difference between primates and chimpanzees?
All chimpanzees are primates but not all primates are chimpanzees. Humans, for instance, are primates.
Why are all primates mammals?
If you mean "Are all mammals primates?" then the answer is no. Primates are a type of mammal. All primates are mammals. Not all mammals are primates. For example, cats, dogs, bears, rodents... these are all mammals, but not primates.
Do primates have thumbs?
yes, all and only primates primates have thumbs
Describe at least three kinds of evidence that suggests all primates shared a common acestor?
One evidence suggesting that all primates might have come from a common ancestor is that they all act very similar. For example, human kids play with toys, and other primates such as a monkey take a stick and use it as a doll or an action figure. Another evidence is that all primates have a similar fossil structure, which can also lead to similar ancestors, or the same. Also another proof of evidence is the fact that all primates always act like each other. ok that's the answer now sent your credit card number to designator817@AOL.comm
Which animal has no nails?
Primates
Are dogs primates?
No!! Dogs are Canines, not primates.
What is a sentence for the word primates?
Stop acting like a bunch of primates! Aren't gorillas primates?
