Question

What are the characteristics that primates have in common (both biological and behavioral)?

Answer 1

A PRIMATE IS A EUTHERIAN MAMMAL THAT AROSE BETWEEN 85 - 55 MILLION YEARS AGO. PRIMATE IS A GROUP OF MAMMALS WHICH INCLUDE LEMURS , APES , MONKEYS AND HUMANS. ORDER PRIMATES HAVE MORE THAN 300 SPECIES.

CHRACETRISTICS OF PRIMATES :

WHEN COMPARED WITH BODY WEIGHT PRIMATE BRAIN IS LARGER THAN OTHER MAMMALS

THER IS A FISSURE IN THE BRAIN UNIQUE TO PRIMATES KNOWN AS CACARINE SULCUS WHICH SEPERATES FIRST AND SECOND VISUAL AREAS ON EACH SIDE OF THE BRAIN.

FLAT NAILS IS A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE PRESENT  ONLY IN PRIMATES WHERE IN OTHER MAMMALS CLAWS OR HOOVES ARE PRESENT ON THEIR DIGITS.

THE EYES FACE FORWARDS IN ALL PRIMATES IT GIVES MORE VISUAL FIELD.

ALL PRIMATES POSSES DERMATOGLYPHICS THAT IS SKIN RIDGES RESPONSIBLE FOR FINGERPRINTS.

OPPSOSIBLE THUMB IS PRESENT IN ALL PRIMATES .

PREHENSILE TAIL IS A COMMOMN CHARATER OF PRIMATES BUT IT IS LESS DVELOPED IN HUMANS.

ALL PRIMATES POSSES ROTATING FOREARM.

ALL PRIMATES POSSES CLAVICLE OR COLLAR BONE.

ALL RPIMATES HAVE BINOCULAR VISION.

ALL PRIMATES HAVE LARGER CRANIAL CAPACITY COMPARED TO OTHER MAMMALS.

ALL PRIMATES EXCEPT MEN WALK IN FOUR LEGS.

PRIMATES GIVE RISE TO FEWER NUMBER OF OFFSPRINGS WITH LONG PERIOD OF GOOD MATERNAL CARE.

  PRIMATES TEND TO LIVE IN GROUPS OR SOCIETY