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Characteristics of Primates
-Binocular Vision
-Stereoscopic
-Mature very slowly
-Produce fewer offspring
-social
-Spatial emphasis- Arboreal and Terrestrial
-Diurnal,Nocturnal,Crepuscular
-Eat diverse foods, specialized dentition
Characteristics of Pro simians
-Stepsirhines (have moist noses)
-Rely on smell, have a longer snout
-toilet claw
-dental tooth comb
-unfused mandible
-eyes almost forward, have a post orbital bar
-Eat mostly insects
-Nocturnal
-Arboreal
Characteristics of Anthropoids
-Opposite of Prosimian
-only 1 nocturnal species
-longer learning periods
-sight better than smell
-diurnal
-terrestrial
-Fruits and leaves