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Chapter 7 Primate Evolution Flashcards

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First definite primate fossils are found this many years ago

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55 mya

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Early primate features include (paleocene)

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Good smell
Nocturnal
Shrew sized

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Early primate features (Eocene)

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Grasping hands and feet with nails
Hind limb dominant
Relatively large brains

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Early primate features (omomyids)

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Large eyes
Shearing teeth
Long hands

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First anthropoid features (propliopithecoids)

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Quadruped
Herbivore
Nocturnal

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