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WEEK FOUR
Topic: LIVING THINGS
SUB-TOPIC: UNIQUENESS OF MAN
Contents:
Human beings as Animal (mammal)
Human beings are a special kind of animal. They belong to a special group of animals called mammals. As mammals, they possess the following characteristics:
Man as a Primate
Mammals can be subdivided into many groups, one of the sub-groups is primates.
Human beings belong to a sub-group of mammals called primates. Primate is a member of an order of mammals with a large brain and complex hands and feet. All primates are mammals but not all mammals are primates. Among the primates are man, gorilla, chimpanzee and monkeys.
They have the following characteristics as primates:
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