What is the order of mammals that includes primates?
Q: What is the order of mammals that includes primates?
A: Primates are an order of mammals.
Q: How many species of primates are there?
A: There are about 400 species of primates.
Q: What advantage do humans have over other primates?
A: Humans have the advantage of language, which other primates lack.
Q: What physical characteristics do all primates share?
A: All primates have hands with five fingers and flat fingernails, and they are covered with fur (hair).
Q: How is human body hair different from other primates?
A: Human body hair is only noticeable in two places - on the head and around the genitals - whereas other primate body hair is more visible.
Q: How did colour vision re-evolve in mammals?
A: Colour vision was lost in mammals during the long period when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, but it re-evolved when mammals became mainly small nocturnal animals.
Q: What diseases can be transmitted to humans through contact with non-human primates?
A: Virus diseases that can be transmitted to humans through contact with non-human primates include herpes, measles, ebola, rabies, and hepatitis.
