Prehensile Ability to Grasp with Five Digits Is

question 67

Multiple Choice

Prehensile ability to grasp with five digits is

• A) a variable trait in the order
• B) characteristic only of monkeys
• C) characteristic only of apes and humans
• D) the only truly distinctive primate trait
• E) is hindered by an opposable thumb

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