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Major Characteristics of New World Monkeys

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Major Characteristics of New World Monkeys

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Monkeys are very similar to humans but not in every way. Some of the characteristics they have are forward facing eyes which allows them to precisely look at distances as they move. Also they have flexible fingers and toes which help them move easily through the rain forest.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pongo
Species: Abelii
Orangutans fingers and toes are long and curved to help hold and quickly release branches as they traverse the treetops. Since orangutans primarily move through the forest using their arms and shoulders as opposed to their legs and hips, their arms are longer than their legs and their shoulders are wider than their hips. There normal habitat is in the tropical rain forest that is dominated by trees.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pan
Species: Pan troglodytes
Chimpanzees have opposable thumbs and toes that help them grasp objects easily and quickly. Also chimps are quadrupedal, which means they walk on all 4 limbs. Also they can walk upright (bipedal) for short distances. Chimps prefer dense tropical rain forests but they can also be found in secondary-growth forests, woodlands, bamboo forests, swamps, and sometimes savannahs.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Gorilla
Species: Gorilla
Apes are the most similar primate to humans. Apes have forward-facing eyes that provide them a binocular vision, allowing them to perceive depth. Also unlike other species of monkeys, apes don't have as much hair on there face. Apes rely on vision more rather then smell. This is because they have good vision while there olfactory senses are not as developed. Apes can be found in tropical rain forests in Asia and Africa.

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Difference between Old world Monkeys and New World

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Difference between Old world Monkeys and New World

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The noses of new world monkeys are flatter than the narrow noses of the old world monkeys , and have side-facing nostrils. New world monkeys are the only monkeys with prehensile tails—in comparison with the shorter, non-grasping tails of the anthropoids of the old world.

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Name of Fossil: Altiatlsius
Age: 57 million years
Primate: Apes

Name of fossil: Omomyidae
Age: 50 million years
Primates: Apes

Name of Fossil: Smilodectes
Age: 55 million years
Primates: Orangutan

Name of Fossil: Plesiadapis
Age: 58 million years
Primate: Chimpanzee

Name of Fossil: Paleocene
Age: 53 million years
Primate: Ape

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In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of chromosomes for a total of 46 chromosomes. Apes, chimpanzees, and monkeys have 24 pairs of chromosomes in each cell for a total of 48 chromosomes.

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Chimps and orangutans have similar bone structures. For example they both have teeth like fangs to help them get small animals for food.
Also Apes and chimpanzees use there feet like hands. For example if they were picking something up they would use there feet.
Last orangutans and apes have similar ear functions. They can detect the temperature with there ears. Also they have mobile shoulders which help them move there arms quicker, and it is due to the dorsal position of the scapula which is the shoulder bone.

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Human and chimp DNA is so similar because the two species are so closely related. Humans and chimps descended from a single ancestor species that lived six or seven million years ago. As humans and chimps gradually evolved from a common ancestor, their DNA, passed from generation to generation, changed too.

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Divergent because the species diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into gorillas and chimps, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids.

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Apes
Location/Habitat: Africa, Rain forest
Physical Characteristics: Large, Social, protective of each other
Classification: Mammals

Chimpanzee
Location/Habitat: Western Uganda, Western Tanzania, Dense tropical Rain forests
Physical Characteristics: Opposable thumb, quick, sturdy body
Classification: Mammal

Orangutan
Location/Habitat: Indonesia, Malaysia, Tropical Rain forest
Physical Characteristics: Dark brown fur, arms bigger than legs
Classification: Mammals

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Darwin's Theories: Descent With Modification

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Darwin's Theories: Descent With Modification

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Monkeys pass on traits when new monkeys are born. For example if the older monkey had brown fur, it would pass on to the baby monkey. Another example would be the length of arms and legs. If the monkey had long arms the offspring would have long arms