Which list of traits best describes the plesiadapiforms?
A) closely related to bats and rodents; earliest primates; living examples known only from Madagascar
B) elongated digits and possibly webbed fingers; nonprimate mammals; possibly ancestors of colugos
C) early African primates; typical primate auditory bulla; short digits for grasping
D) flying lemurs; oldest prosimians; 60 million years old
E) oldest known primates; Paleocene and Eocene epochs; North America and Europe
Question 2
Which of the following distinguish(s) the Neandertals from Homo sapiens?
A) Neandertals had greater height and weight.
B) Neandertals had a retromolar gap behind the lower third molar.
C) Neandertals had a more prominant chin than modern humans
D) Neandertals had a brain size less of than 1400 cc.
E) Neandertals had a complete lack of facial prognathism
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