As we discussed, plesiadapiforms were initially interpreted as being the first primates. They were then interpreted as being outside the direct primate lineage because they lacked many of the key traits that define the primate order. This debate continues today. Given what you know about the defining traits found in most living primates, describe four traits you think should be found in the earliest primates. What advantages would these traits have provided the first primates

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Primates must have long, strong fingers capable of supporting their own body weight when they need to climb, the ability to climb trees and stereoscopic vision. These skills help primates not only to survive in the wild, but facilitate the obtaining of food, resistance to predators and reproduction, these characteristics being the most favorable to maintain the continuation of the active species and competitiveness among members of the species.

relative dating involves things like higher layers are most recent than rocks lower in the sequence. this can be extended to the known sequence of fossils. rocks containing rabbit fossils are later than those containing dinosaur fossils.  

absolute dating methods mainly use radioactive elements that have known rates of decay and produce recognizable products. for example potassium 40 decays to produce argon. once a rock has solidified the argon is trapped. by measuring the argon and potassium0 you can get an accurate number for the age.  

some other methods are good for archaeological ages. dendrochronology involves recognizing the sequence of tree rings. the orientation of magnetized particles in baked clay can be used to date a fire.

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