Why Do Most Scholars Classify Aegyptopithecus as a Primitive Catarrhine

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Multiple Choice

Why do most scholars classify Aegyptopithecus as a primitive catarrhine?

• A) While the skull has some apelike characteristics, most of the skeleton is monkeylike.
• B) Aegyptopithecus had cheek pouches and ischial callosities like some modern catarrhines.
• C) The skeleton of Aegyptopithecus looks remarkably like that of a modern baboon.
• D) There is evidence of a prehensile tail, which is only found in catarrhines.

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