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16024 - Classification in Class MammaliaThe last order of mammals we want to discuss is order Primates. This order includes monkeys, apes, lemurs, and human beings. These mammals are often called the erect mammals, because they all have the ability to walk on two legs. Humans are the only mammals whose natural position is to walk on two legs. The other primates spend the majority of their time walking on all fours, but they have the ability to stand erect if they want to.

Although you might object to being classified with monkeys, apes, and the like, you actually have several characteristics in common with these mammals. All primates have good depth perception. In addition, the size of a primate's brain is large compared to its body size. Most primates are omnivorous, although the vast majority of primates concentrate on eating vegetation and only occasionally eat meat. All primates have nails on their fingers and toes, and all but one type (spider monkeys) have five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot. Most have opposable thumbs. Primates have long gestation periods for animals of their size, and they are highly social.

Now, even though we have many characteristics in common with apes and monkeys, there is no reason to think that we are related to them. That is the mistake that evolutionists make. They see similarities among animals and immediately think that these similarities come from common genes in a common ancestor; however, all genetic information that we have been able to acquire indicates that this simply isn't the case. The similarities between animals are the result of a common Designer, not a common ancestor.