Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more) crown anthropoids, female canine size, symphyseal fusion, optic foramen area, tarsier fovea, stem anthropoids, polymorphic trichromacy, convexiclivate fovea, optic foramen size, correlated response model, anthropoid origins,
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Articles consider anthropoid origins from the perspective of the prosimians, and discuss the anthropoid perspective to describe early anthropoid radiation. Articles examine both prosimians and anthropoids using cranial, dental, and postcranial features.
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Anthropoid origins is likely the single subject dearest to my heart in all of science, so I thought I might want to lay out in a series of essays for the reader some of the basic controversies surrounding this fascinating but much under-covered topic.
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So this is probably all you’re going to get of my promised great series on anthropoid origins. Basically, I ran out of confidence that I could handle the material intelligently and am now out of time. So, I only got about two pages in to the Adapoid Theory.
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form the basis of their scenario of anthropoid origins. Our analysis of the data posted at the time of publication (Fig. 1) found little support for these points: (i) Haplorhine-Strepsirhine dichotomy. The monophyly of Haplorhini was not supported, questioning the usefulness of recognizing this dichotomy.
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The Pondaung Expedition team re-opened the investigation of anthropoid origins after taking a closer look at the details of Bahinia's dentition. To begin with, they found a strong resemblance between Bahinia's teeth and the teeth of Eosimias, so much so that they decided to place Bahinia in the same family as Eosimias.
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"This has never been documented in an early anthropoid. The simplest explanation is that Biretia's nocturnality represents an evolutionary reversal from a diurnal ancestor, but that conclusion is based solely on the probable pattern of relationships.
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Also, they said, one of the creatures appears to have been nocturnal, the first example of a nocturnal early anthropoid. ... "This has never been documented in an early anthropoid. The simplest explanation is that Biretia's nocturnality represents an evolutionary reversal from a diurnal ancestor, but that conclusion is...
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New species firmly establish African roots for anthropoid line. ... Also, they said, one of the creatures appears to have been nocturnal, the first example of a nocturnal early anthropoid. ... “This has never been documented in an early anthropoid. The simplest explanation is that Biretia's nocturnality represents an...
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Sections: Eocene prosimians; Early African anthropoids; Early Asian anthropoids; Paleobiogeography; Mosaic evolution ... A wide variety of biological evidence, ranging from fossils to DNA, indicates that living monkeys, apes, and humans share a common ancestry that excludes all other ... Known collectively as anthropoids,
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