While in South America, You Discover a Fossil with a Prehensile

question 56

Multiple Choice

While in South America, you discover a fossil with a prehensile tail and flat face. Which type of primate is this fossil most likely to be?

• A) New World monkey
• B) Ceropithecoidea
• C) Old World monkey
• D) prosimian
• E) hominoid

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