AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A primate is any mammal of the group that includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. The order Primates, with its 300 or more species, is the third most diverse order of mammals, after rodents and bats.

Detailed explanation-2: -The modern primates are a diverse order of mammals that includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some researchers prefer an alternate classification that divides the primates into 2 suborders: Prosimii (lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers) and Anthropoidea (monkeys, apes, and humans).

Detailed explanation-4: -Traditionally, the order Primates was divided into Prosimii (the primitive primates: lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers) and Anthropoidea (the bigger-brained monkeys and apes, including humans).

Detailed explanation-5: -Humans are classified in the sub-group of primates known as the Great Apes. Humans are primates, and are classified along with all other apes in a primate sub-group known as the hominoids (Superfamily Hominoidea).