Am I a primate?

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There are some terms that describe the nature of a grouping in such trees. For instance, all birds and reptiles are believed to have descended from a single common ancestor, so this taxonomic grouping is called monophyletic.

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"Modern reptile" is a grouping that contains a common ancestor, but does not contain all descendants of that ancestor (birds are excluded). This is an example of a paraphyletic group.

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A grouping such as warm-blooded animals would include only mammals and birds and is called polyphyletic because the members of this grouping do not include the most recent common ancestor.

Orangutan Phylogeny

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Catarrhini: Humans, Great Apes, and Old World Monkeys
Platyrrhini: New World Monkeys
Tarsii: Tarsiers
Strepsirrhini: Lemurs and Lorises
Cercopithecidae: Old World Monkeys
Hominidae: Humans, Gorillas, Chimpanzees, Bonobos, and Orangutans
Hylobatidae: Gibbons
Pan: Chimpanzees and Bonobos
Ardipithecus: close relative of Humans
Australopithecus: close relative of Humans
Gorilla: Gorillas
Homo: Humans
Pongo: Orangutans


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