Primate Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Primate.

  • 4 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (4)

1,208 words, approx. 5 pages
Primates Primates are one group (order) of mammals that evolved about 65 million years ago (mya). The early primates were probably small tree-dwelling (arboreal) animals that hunted for insects at nig... Read more
317 words, approx. 2 pages
Primates, Non-Human Surprisingly few non-human primates have been used in the more than forty-five years of space exploration. Some of these missions were essential for humans to travel into the near ... Read more
901 words, approx. 4 pages
Primates Primates are an order of mammals. Most primates are characterized by well-developed binocular vision, a flattened, forward-oriented face, prehensile digits, opposable thumbs (sometimes the fi... Read more
2,504 words, approx. 9 pages
Primates, Visual Perception and Memory in Nonhuman Anatomical and physiological studies have revealed at least thirty separate areas with visual functions in the cortex of monkeys, and there could be ... Read more