How is a monkey different from other animals ?
Well, monkeys are considered to be intelligent animals
When did they come into the knowledge of humans as intelligent animals?
Well about 25 million years ago, Hominoidea emerged along side Old World monkeys
very interesting, did evolution affect monkeys as well?
Of course! There exist two major types of monkeys: Old world, which come from Africa and New World, which are from South America
Wow, how many species of monkeys are out there?
Monkey
Monkey is a common name that may refer to groups or species of mammals, in part, the simians of infraorder Simiiformes. The term is applied descriptively to groups of primates, such as families of new world monkeys and old world monkeys. Many monkey species are tree-dwelling (arboreal), although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Most species are also active during the day (diurnal). Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent, especially the old world monkeys of
"lesser apes") (17 species)
- Family Hominidae: great apes (including humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) (7 species)
Classification Cladogram with extinct families.
Below is a cladogram with some extinct monkey families. Generally, extinct non-hominoid simians, including early Catarrhines are discussed as monkeys as well as simians or anthropoids, which cladistically means that Hominoidea are monkeys as well, restoring monkeys as a single grouping. It is indicated approximately how many million years ago (Mya) the