By the mid-Miocene monkeys became more common than apes because __________
a. monkeys are r-selected while apes are k-selected
b. monkeys can more easily shift to efficient terrestrial locomotion
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b
Answer c
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What will be an ideal response?
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