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question 13 (2.5 points)
many primate adaptations were responses to living in _.
warm climates
trees
underground burrows
deserts
grasslands
Primates have several adaptations related to arboreal (tree - living) life. For example, their grasping hands and feet (opposable thumbs and big toes in many cases) are useful for holding onto tree branches. Their depth perception (binocular vision) helps them navigate through the three - dimensional environment of the trees. These adaptations are not primarily related to warm climates (many primates live in non - warm, tropical rainforest canopies which have a relatively stable micro - climate but not just 'warm' in a simple sense), underground burrows (which is more characteristic of some rodents and other fossorial animals), deserts (very few primates are desert - adapted), or grasslands (although some primates like savanna baboons spend time on the ground, their ancestral and many of their key adaptations are related to tree - living).
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