(*) Characteristic traits of this order include the location of the foramen magnum at the back of the skull, fingernails instead of claws and the opposable thumb.
Molecular and fossil evidence shows that they evolved as a separate branch from arboreal shrew-like mammals about 60 million years ago. Some extinct members of this group include the megaladapis and the gigantopithecus.(*) Characteristic traits of this order include the location of the foramen magnum at the back of the skull, fingernails instead of claws and the opposable thumb. FTP, name this taxonomic order of mammals that includes chimpanzees and, hopefully, you.
Molecular and fossil evidence shows that they evolved as a separate branch from arboreal shrew-like mammals about 60 million years ago.
{Primates}