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Which of the following modern animals are most closely related to first primates?

Tarsiers (my choice based on notes)
Gibbons
Humans
Gorillas
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Tarsiers should be correct
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The correct option is answer A, Tarsiers

Tarsiers consists of traditional animals such as lemurs and lorises share traits common to the anthropoids ancestors. It can be clearly visualized from the phylogenetic classification that New world monkeys evolved from the old world primates. The world ape in general comprises of modern gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans, as well as their ancestors

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