SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
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primates
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anthropoids
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hominoids
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hominins
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -But even before DNA analyses, scientists knew humans belong in the primate order. Carl Linnaeus classified humans with monkeys, apes and other primates in his 18th-century taxonomic system.
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: -Living Primates Humans are primates–a diverse group that includes some 200 species. Monkeys, lemurs and apes are our cousins, and we all have evolved from a common ancestor over the last 60 million years.