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- proper noun A taxonomic
infraorder within thesuborder Haplorrhini — themonkeys .
Etymologies
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From Latin simia ("ape, monkey") + forma ("form, shape")
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In the recent “intuition” neurons article, what ACW is calling Simiiformes and what Vandalhooch had thought was called Anthropoidea an overarching label for the clade that includes all monkeys, apes, and humans is apparently called Haplorrhini.
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