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- noun zoology Any member of the
clade Haplorhini of dry-nosedprimates .
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In an article now available online in the Journal of Human Evolution, four scientists present evidence that the 47-million-year-old Darwinius masillae is not a haplorhine primate like humans, apes and monkeys, as the 2009 research claimed.
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In an article now available online in the Journal of Human Evolution, four scientists present evidence that the 47-million-year-old Darwinius masillae is not a haplorhine primate like humans, apes and monkeys, as the 2009 research claimed.
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In an article now available online in the Journal of Human Evolution, four scientists present evidence that the 47-million-year-old Darwinius masillae is not a haplorhine primate like humans, apes and monkeys, as the 2009 research claimed.
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In an article now available online in the Journal of Human Evolution, four scientists present evidence that the 47-million-year-old Darwinius masillae is not a haplorhine primate like humans, apes and monkeys, as the 2009 research claimed.
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Gorilla has one of the lowest levels of encephalization of any haplorhine primate, and the much higher level of encephalization of all the australopithecines suggests a diet of significantly higher quality than that of this genus.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Their distant haplorhine relatives, coming late, had no entree.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Their distant haplorhine relatives, coming late, had no entree.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Darwinius has little relevance for understanding haplorhine evolution.
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