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Stereoscopic color vision, nails instead of claws on the digits, tactile pads on the hands, reduced sense of smell, orbital enclosure, reduced number of teeth compared to other mammals, and a relatively large brain to body ratio just to name a few.

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Primates are characterized by proportionally large brain size or comparatively more cranial capacity , corpus callosum , semi erect posture, bipedal , plantigrade .

Here's a few more things that primates have that other species don't:

Primates generally: live in trees, have opposable thumbs, big toes, nails instead of claws, and sensitive fingers.

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they are mammals they have brains and they are smart

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the three which are opposable thumbs and binocular vision and flexible shoulders .

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they all have aposeble thumbs

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Is binocular vision a characteristic of all primates?

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