Primates

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Across
  1. 4. The __________ world monkeys are found in the Americas (Mexico, North America, and South America)
  2. 5. all primates except humans walk on __________ limbs
  3. 7. the group of primates that includes monkeys and apes
  4. 10. Primates have large _________ for their body size.
  5. 11. A feature unique to primates where the first digit (thumb) can be brought across the palm or foot to touch other digits
  6. 16. Monkeys that live in Asia and Africa are called _________________ monkeys
  7. 17. the more primitive, “wet-nosed” primates
  8. 20. Apes have longer arms than legs, barrel-shaped chests, no tails, and ______________
  9. 21. primates' newborns have a longer period of ________________
  10. 23. Gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, and humans are _________ apes
  11. 25. the ability to use both eyes simultaneously to create a single, clear, three-dimensional image, facilitating depth perception and spatial awareness
  12. 26. Apes are highly social and have complex ____________
  13. 27. a strong, fifth limb-like structure used for grasping and balance (a tail that can grab stuff)
  14. 28. humanlike primates more closely related to modern humans than to the rest of the great apes
  15. 29. simple, primitive type of cell with no nucleus
Down
  1. 1. Primates have high levels of skill, grace, and coordination in using their hands called manual ____________
  2. 2. more of primates' brain area is devoted to ____________
  3. 3. Hand-over-hand swinging motion done on monkey bars is called
  4. 6. active during the day
  5. 8. Compared to other mammals, primates have fewer ___________
  6. 9. “dry-nosed” primates including the anthropoids, large-brained, diurnal monkeys and hominoids
  7. 12. The kind of apes that are arboreal and move through the trees using a hand-over-hand swinging motion
  8. 13. are found only in Borneo and the Philippines and are nocturnal and arboreal
  9. 14. most primates are ___________ or tree dwelling
  10. 15. Many primates have problem-solving abilities and complex ___________
  11. 18. Less of primates’ brain area is devoted to __________
  12. 19. type of cell that all plants and animals and primates are made out of
  13. 22. primates have long ____________ compared to other mammals
  14. 24. awake and active at night