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- noun Plural form of
platyrrhine .
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The platyrrhines are the least intelligent of the higher primates.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The platyrrhines are to be found exclusively on the American continents and are therefore usually referred to as "New World monkeys."
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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One common group of platyrrhines is commonly known as "spider monkeys" because of their slight, leggy build.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The catarrhines are stockier in build and lack some of the advantageous agility of the platyrrhines.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Both the parapithecids and extinct and extant platyrrhines show extensive postorbital closure, which is not found in primates from North America (Fleagle and Kay, 1997).
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Also they point to a morphological characteristic that links the platyrrhines with the Oligocene parapithecids of Africa.
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Thus most of the evidence for the origin of platyrrhines points to the continent of Africa (Fleagle, 1988).
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The first fossil platyrrhine, Branisella boliviana was found during the late Oligocene, so it is possible that platyrrhines first came to South America during the middle Oligocene (Fleagle, 1988).
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And shouldn’t at least one species of catarrhine have found itself in the New World, along with the platyrrhines?
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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And shouldn’t at least one species of catarrhine have found itself in the New World, along with the platyrrhines?
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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