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13 Cards in this Set
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Describe the omomyids.
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Prosimians; grasping hands and feet; may be ancestral to anthropoids; may be ancestral to tarsiers
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Describe the adapids
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Prosimians; similar to lemurs; no dental comb
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What were the Fayum anthropoids?
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Parapithecids and propliopithecids
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Describe the parapithecids.
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Small, ancestral to NW monkeys
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Describe the propliopithecids.
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Ancestral to OW monkeys, apes, and humans
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Describe Aegyptopithecus
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Propliopithecid; small brain; 2:1:2:3 dental formula; may be ancestral to catarrhines
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Describe Proconsul.
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Miocene ape; ape-like teeth; monkey-like postcrania; sexual dimorphism; diet of fruit and leaves
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Describe Pierolapithecus catalaunicus.
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Miocene ape; may be last common ancestor of all great apes; found in Spain; knuckle-walker
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Describe Afropithecus
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Miocene ape; ape teeth w/thick enamel
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Describe Dryopithecus.
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Eurasian ape; Y-5 molar pattern
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Describe Sivapithecus
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Eurasian ape; ancestral to orangutans
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Describe Gigantopithecus
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Eurasian ape; enormous; ground dwelling
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Describe Oreopithecus bambolii
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Eurasian ape; stood upright and shuffled short distances; 90 degree big toe; suspensory locomotion
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