Question

Primate teeth are: (choose one) Specialized in shape and size for processing only one type of food Hint: Almost all primates are omnivorous Generalized in shape and size because primates are omnivorous The same shape and size as carnivore teeth Not correlated with their diet Question 4 ol Primate physiological characteristics have usually been explained as a result of adaptations to which type of environment? (choose one) Grassland Desert Arboreal Mountainous

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3. Primates eat all types of food Their teeth are not specialized to eat one types of food. They can eat flesh, so they have canines, they can eat plant matter. So they have incisors which help in cutting vegetation. Premolars and molars are for grinding the food. So they have incisors, canines, premolars and molars types of teeth helping in feeding on different food materials.

Generalized in shape and size because they are omnivorous.

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4. Primates include, monkeys, chimpanzees, gorilla, apes and humans. Monkeys, chimpanzees are those which are adapted to live on trees. Gorillas climb trees but most of the time found on the ground. During the evolution of the humans, the ancestors of humans left the trees and started to live on land completely. Some of the adaptations that we still have such as , opposable thumb, binocular vision, rotatable wrist are all adaptations for arboreal habitat.

Arboreal habitat

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