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A Prosimian primate is a mammal defined as a primate, but is not a monkey or an ape. They are considered to have characteristics that are more primitive than those of monkeys and apes. This could be like a lemur or a bushbaby.

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What came first people or a baby?

The Baby. Evolution tells us that new species evolve - so the first distinctly "human" person was born as a baby to a not-quite-human primate.


Where primates present during primeval times?

Your are going to have to be more specific about the time, and the primates. Certain primates families and groups have been around for longer than others, and some have come and gone, but there have been mammalia concidered in the order primate for millions of years with such evidence as fosils found in the eocene period (35 million years ago)- adapidae for example. Primate groups such as adapidea are no longer living of course. So you must propose a clear question to get a clear answer.


When did the earliest hominid live?

Hominids are erect bipedal primate mammals that evolved into modern human beings. The earliest hominid was the Ardipithecus Kadabba, this species lived between 5. 8 and 5. 2 million years ago.


What year did the theory of evolution become prominent?

In 1859, when Charles Darwin published his book "On the Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection and the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life." Before Darwin (along with Alfred Russell Wallace) announced the idea of natural selection, scientists knew that evolution may exist, but they didn't know how it worked. In 1959, Zinj, a fossil skull of Paranthropus Boisei, was found in Olduvai Gorge by Mary Leaky. Zinj was a bipedal primate-like form with seemed to fit the missing link between humans and primates. Because of this, evolution was then given widespread attention from the non-scientist population

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What is the name of an omnivorous nocturnal slow moving prosimian primate?

loris


What is the name of an omnivorous nocturnal slow-moving prosimian primate?

loris


What is a prosimian?

Prosimian- a group of mammals that includes all primates except monkeys and apes.


Is the lemur a old world monkey or a new world monkey?

The natural habitat of the chimpanzee is Africa, especially along the Congo River, making the chimp an old world primate..


Are lemurs mammals?

No, lemurs are strepsirrhines, a completely different branch of primates.


Is a chimpanzee considered a prosimian?

no....


What is an African Bush Baby?

An African bush baby or galago is a prosimian primate, with its large round eyes and big ears. It is nocturnal, and mostly eats fruits and insects. It is capable of leaping great distances, it often appears to fly among the treetops.


What is the Latin term for before ape?

Prosimian


Lemurs is it higher or lower primate?

A lemur is a prosimian or "pre-monkey", meaning it is considered a "lower primate". However, these terms are not used much any more, in favor of the terms "strepsirrhine" for lemurs, lorises, and bushbabies, and "haplorrhines" for tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes. These newer terms distinguish the two groups based on anatomical structures, namely involving the nose.


Use primate in a sentence?

I am a primate.


Is a platypus a primate?

A Platypus is not a primate.


Why do aye ayes live in a rainforest's?

Aye-Ayes are prosimian primates and are native to Madagascar.

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