First, discuss the anatomical differences between Paleocene pro-primates and Eocene eu-primates and explain those differences in the context of the three hypotheses for why primates emerged. Secondly, recalling that the genus Carpolestes has been suggested as a transitional animal between proprimates and euprimates, which characteristics of Carpolestes suggests this relationship? Finally, discuss how the Miocene apes’ special characteristics allowed them to travel further than their ancestors did.

Which of these is true of the cytoplasm of an unfertilized egg? a. it is an unevenly distributed mixture of mrna, proteins, organelles, and other substances. b. it does not contain substances that are important in directing development. c. these substances are supplied by the sperm. d. it does not contain substances that are important in directing development. e. development is directed solely by the surrounding cells. f. it is a homogeneous mixture of mrna, proteins, organelles, and other substances. g. it does not contain substances that are important in directing development. h. these substances are produced by the dna of the fertilized zygote.