More Than a Dozen New Species of Primates Have Been

Essay

More than a dozen new species of primates have been discovered by scientists during the past two decades. Most of the new species discovered have been callitrichids and prosimians, which are relatively small compared to most other monkeys and apes. Using your knowledge of the allometric relationship between body size and life history traits, explain why isolated populations of small primates may evolve more rapidly than those of large primates that occur sympatrically.