Members of the Hominoidea most recently shared a common ancestor with which grou
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Members of the Hominoidea most recently shared a common ancestor with which group? A. New World apes B. Old World monkeys C. Lemurs D. New world monkeys Many of the first hominins had small cranial capacity and some capacity for upright locomotion. The foot morphology of Ardipithecus ramidus, an early hominin, had a gripping opposable toe. What does this suggest about its locomotion? A. It indicates that A. ramidus was primarily bipedal but still used its feet for gripping food. B. It indicates that A. ramidus was more closely related to chimpanzees than modern humans. C. It is not an indicative characteristic to determine the primary mode of locomotion. D. It indicates that A. ramidus was at least partially arboreal, or living in or among the trees.Explanation / Answer
Question 1) answer ) option B) old world monkeys
Reason : it is around 25 million years ago , anthropoids split into two groups in which the old world monkeys are quite closer to man compared to the new world monkeys as they have much developed brain , rods and cones in retina etc .