• Question: why do mammels have the same face layout as us?

    Asked by x0warrenfantham0x to Allan, Angela, Diva, Harriet, Nathan on 29 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Allan Pang

      Allan Pang answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      It is simply because humans are mammals.

      However, there are some slight difference in the “face layout” between mammals.

      For example, platypus resembles more like ducks, with long beaks or elephants with long trunks (or nose).

      The closest face to which humans resemble are monkeys; because humans and monkeys are classified in the same “order” – which is Primates.

      All primates are mammals but not all primates are mammals. So the evolutionary and physiological difference is much closer between primates than from one mammal to another mammal.

    • Photo: Harriet Groom

      Harriet Groom answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      As Allan said, humans are mammals – don’t forget!

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