A Tiny Complete Skeleton Found Recently in China Supports the View

question 23

Multiple Choice

A tiny complete skeleton found recently in China supports the view that

• A) the first primates evolved in Asia.
• B) Asian primates were the first primates to live in the Paleozoic.
• C) the specimens previously thought to be primates from Europe and North Africa were actually mislabeled.
• D) larger primates lived only in Europe.
• E) our earliest ancestors were nocturnal, like Asian tarsiers.

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