List and explain the key traits that are characteristic of the order Primates.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Descriptions beyond the features primate share with other mammals (such as body hair, mother’s milk, etc.)
2. Note skeletal features (grasping hands and feet, forward-facing eyes, generalized dentition) as well as more behavioral traits (mostly diurnal, sociable, intelligent)
3. The essay should clarify that these individual characteristics may appear in other animals, but the suite of traits is unique to primates
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