Primates possess _______, whereas other mammals do not.
a. a neocortex
b. four different kinds of teeth
c. the presence of nails rather than claws on most or all digits
d. behavioral flexibility
e. sensory modalities
Question 2
The presence of five digits on hands and feet is
a. a primitive mammalian pattern retained to some degree in most primate species.
b. characteristic only of primates.
c. characteristic only of apes and humans.
d. the only truly distinctive primate trait.
e. the result of diurnal activity.
The extrinsic pathway for apoptosis in mammals
The primate skull is generalized compared to many other mammals.
Gorillas are the largest living primates.
Field research on free-living primates allows primatologists to study patterns of behavior in the se
The plesiadapiforms may have been primates, but they lacked certain features, such as a postorbital
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