Traits or characteristics that are found in all primates

1. What are at least three traits or characteristics that are found in all primates? 2. What are at least two traits found in Strepsirrhines (lemurs and lorises) that are NOT found in other primates? 3. If you only had a skull to look at, how do you know if a primate is a prosimian or not? What types of primates are prosimians? 4. List at least three ways that old world monkeys and new world monkeys are different. About how long ago did they share a common ancestor? 5. Thinking about omomyids and adapids, which modern-day primates are they most similar to, respectively? 6. What is significant about the fossil beds at Fayum? 7. How did Platyrrine monkeys arrive/evolve in South America: how did they get there from Africa? 8. Describe Proconsul. 9. What are at least 2 important differences between monkeys and apes? 10. Why is the end of the Miocene era significant for ape and human evolution?