In chapter 2, we saw the similarity across mammalian anatomy and physiology. In chapter 3, we saw the ubiquity of DNA and the genomic systems across all forms of life. In chapter 4, we learned about the processes of evolution and saw that closely related organisms have more traits in common than do distantly related forms. And in chapter 5, we saw the core shared characteristics and some important differences between humans and the other living primates.
But how does this relate to humans? Understanding what we have in common with other mammals lays the groundwork for understanding how we are unique.
Directions:
1) Read Chapter 6 in your textbook. Review the characteristics of both mammals and primates and how primates evolved out of early mammal groups. (Links to an external site.)
2) Fill out the (part 1) table 
Download Fill out the (part 1) tablewith the traits that mammals possess and provide the additional traits that primates exhibit.
3) Fill out the (part 2) table Download Fill out the (part 2) tablewith the traits and locations of the three distinct groups of primates that began to diversify in the early Eocene.
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