why are eye sockets different between primates and non primates?

Answer 1

This depends on what specifically you are identifying as different. The musculature, the position of the eyes, the structures supporting the globe? The bony anatomy around the eye?

Answer 2

if you mean to the side or to the front, then hunters and scavengers will have eyes to the front to allow for depth perception while prey animals have eyes to the side to allow for near 360 degree vision to spot a hunter at any angle. Thus primates and carnivores have similar sockets. Muscles are attached near to the socket and depending on the type of mouth movement - chewing cud doesn't require much muscle power, just enough to hold the mandible to the maxillary bones. While grabbing flesh tightly and tearing, needs stronger and thicker bone to provide a sound attachment sight for these muscles.
Interestingly when prey animals put heads down to eat, their eyes swivel in sockets so that the broad pupil remains horizontal - they can eat and keep watch at the same time with the same view of the world.

Answer 3

evolution has favoured primates with deeper eye sockets over those without and hasn't with non primates.

Answer 4

The frames that houses these eye sockets have gone through slow but gradual design changes due to evolution through the ages, and therefore, are different. :)

Thank God! :)

Answer 5

so they dont put the wrong eyes in the wrong head at the factory