What anatomical features help primates to live in trees?

What will be an ideal response?


Flattened fingers, excellent depth perception, rotating shoulder joints, and large brains to process information and provide hand—eye coordination all help primates to live in trees. Grasping hands and feet are also important.

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To increase the chance of detecting carcinogens in the Ames test, the test substance is treated with

A. penicillin. B. heat. C. ground-up rat liver. D. reverse transcriptase. E. penicillin AND heat.

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The helix structure on the right of the above figure

represents a. DNA. b. RNA. c. lipid. d. protein. e. phospholipid.

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The right hemisphere of the cerebrum deals mainly with

a. visual-spatial relationships b. music c. creative activities d. b and c only e. a, b and c

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________ is said to occur when a similar trait evolves in two unrelated species while ________ is when a species evolves in response to another species.

A. Coevolution; convergent evolution B. Convergent evolution; coevolution C. Sympatric speciation; coevolution D. Allopatric speciation; convergent evolution

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