AP BIOLOGY

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CLASSIFICATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ are human-like primates that appear to be more closely related to present-day humans than they are to present-day chimpanzees and bonobos. Humans are the only species of this type of primates that is surviving today.
A
Hominins
B
Hominoids
C
Strepsirrhines
D
Haplorhines
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Same genes, different behavior Bonobos look like smallish chimpanzees, with whom they share 99.6% of their DNA. And both of these great apes share 98.7% of their DNA with humans, making them our closest living relatives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ever since researchers sequenced the chimp genome in 2005, they have known that humans share about 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees, making them our closest living relatives.

Detailed explanation-3: -The chimpanzee and bonobo are humans’ closest living relatives. These three species look alike in many ways, both in body and behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -their serum albumins, transferring, hemoglobins, and DNA show that man is genetically much more similar to the African apes than to the Old World monkeys.

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