Question

Describe the order of primates and explain the differences between apes, monkeys, prosimians and humans

Answer 1

Traditionally, the order Primates was divided into

• Prosimii (the primitive primates: lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers)
• Anthropoidea (the bigger-brained monkeys and apes, including humans)
• "prosimians" contain two monophyletic groups (the suborder Strepsirrhini, or lemurs, lorises and allies, as well as the tarsiers of the suborder Haplorhini); it is a paraphyletic grouping because it excludes the Simiiformes, which also are descendants of the common ancestor Primates.
• "monkeys" comprise two monophyletic groups, New World monkeys and Old World monkeys, but is paraphyletic because it excludes hominoids, superfamily Hominoidea, also descendants of the common ancestor Simiiformes.
• "apes" as a whole, and the "great apes" in particular, are paraphyletic because they exclude humans.

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