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- proper noun A taxonomic
parvorder within theinfraorder Simiiformes — theapes ,man and theOld World monkeys .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But, it by no means follows, that the rule which may hold good for the Platyrrhini extends to the Catarrhini.
Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes Charles Darwin 1845
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Second, the physical form of Catarrhini (many of the living and extinct apes and monkeys of the old world) is highly selected to adapt to arboreal lifeways.
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The Catarrhini split from the New World monkeys at least 40 million years ago, though this date is subject to revision.
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(Can Mata in the Valles-Penedes basin), the primate belonged to an extinct family of Old World monkeys, Catarrhini, which dispersed from Africa to Eurasia.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Second, the physical form of Catarrhini (many of the living and extinct apes and monkeys of the old world) is highly selected to adapt to arboreal lifeways.
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The Catarrhini split from the New World monkeys at least 40 million years ago, though this date is subject to revision.
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This is the first substantial record of fossil Catarrhini
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Catarrhini (becuase the feature is seen in the last common ancestor)?
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This is the first substantial record of fossil Catarrhini
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Catarrhini (becuase the feature is seen in the last common ancestor)?
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