While on an archaeology expedition, you unearth a skeleton with the following characteristics: four long, slender finger bones and a smaller opposable thumb bone, long arm bones, fingernails, and eye sockets close together on a skull. What type of organism do you suspect you may have found?

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Biology

Christine Page

8 November, 09:30

While on an archaeology expedition, you unearth a skeleton with the following characteristics: four long, slender finger bones and a smaller opposable thumb bone, long arm bones, fingernails, and eye sockets close together on a skull. What type of organism do you suspect you may have found?

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Hassan Carter · Answer 1

The given question is incomplete as it does not have the options which are:

a. a lemur

b. a crustacean

c. a tarsier

d. an anthropoid

Answer:

The correct answer will be option - an anthropoid

Explanation:

Anthropoid primates are the organism which resembles human-like characteristics which are different from the old world monkeys.

In the given question, since the skeleton shows the characteristics with four bones of fingers, a thumb, eye sockets, long arm bones and fingernails which are similar to the human-like characters, therefore, the skeleton is considered to be of an anthropoid primate.

Thus, an anthropoid is the correct answer.