What type of animal is this about?
primate
What does it mean?
prime, first rank
In what language?
Latin
What are its two main components?
strepsirrhines and haplorhines
Do most live in trees?
at least partly
What's the smallest primate?
mouse lemur
Who was that primate named for?
Madame Berthe
Other than humans, what's the largest?
the eastern gorilla
How long have there been primates?
since around 63–74 mya
What's the oldest fossil?
Teilhardina
Where do lemurs live?
Madagascar
What grouping are they in?
Prosimians
What else is in that group?
lorisoids
Andthing else?
tarsiers
What's the other grouping?
anthropoids
Are humans prosimians or simians?
Simians
Which other animals are in that group?
monkeys
What does Strepsirrhini mean?
wet-nosed primates
And Haplorhini?
dry-nosed primates
Where did the primates' forebears live?
the trees of tropical forests