10 Facts About Primates

Hello readers, myself Doc Antle have an amazing facts to share about Primates.
Most people have a special interest in the order of mammals known as primates, for the simple reason that most people (well, all people, actually) are primates themselves.

The Word Primate Means "First Rank"

Just how egocentric are human beings? Well, it's telling that "primate," the name employed for this order of mammals, is Latin for "first rank," a not-so-subtle reminder that Homo sapiens considers itself the pinnacle of evolution. Scientifically speaking, though, there's no reason to believe that monkeys, apes, tarsiers and lemurs—--all of the animals in the primate order—are more advanced from an evolutionary perspective than birds, reptiles or even fish; they just happened to branch off in a different direction millions of years ago.

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