The percentage of genes or DNA that organisms share records their similarities. We share more genes with organisms that are more closely related to us. Humans belong to the biological group known as Primates, and are classified with the great apes, one of the major groups of the primate evolutionary tree.he percentage of genes or DNA that organisms share records their similarities. We share more genes with organisms that are more closely related to us. Humans belong to the biological group known as Primates, and are classified with the great apes, one of the major groups of the primate evolutionary tree.
Slothsâthe sluggish tree-dwellers of Central and South Americaâspend their lives in the tropical rain forests. They move through the canopy at a rate of about 40 yards per day, munching on leaves, twigs and buds. Sloths have an exceptionally low metabolic rate and spend 15 to 20 hours per day sleeping. And surprisingly enough, the long-armed animals are excellent swimmers. They occasionally drop from their treetop perches into water for a paddle.
He is a ground sloth. They became extinct around 10,000 years ago. Not to be confused with the current tree or 3 toed sloth. They were quite a bit bigger. The first fossils of a sloth relative are around 34 million years old. But the sloths of the ice age (about 15,000-10,000 years ago) were southern american as the mammoth and saber tooth tiger were from the northern americas. Smeegle Â· 6 years ago.