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Early primate evolution: Adapidae to Gigantopithecus
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- 1AdapidaeAge: 55-8 mya [47my]
Located: North America, North Africa and Europe.
Diet: Eat insects and fruits
Characteristics: 88 species, 37 genera that are “Lemur-like” but are not lemurs or share ancestors. Weight about 1 lb. or more (small) They may have been Diurnal, and their brain increased over time. - 2OmomyidaAge: 55-25 mya [30my!]
Located: North America, north Africa and Europe.
Diet: insectivores.
Characteristics: 93 species, 41 genera that are “Tarsier-like” about 0.52 lb. so very small but there is an overlap. Meant to be nocturnal but we are not sure. - 3Aegyptopithecus zeuxisAge: 32 mya.
Location: Egypt.
Diet: frugivorous.
Characteristics: sizeof a howler monkey, sexually dimorphite, large brains than modern prosimians and have owl monkey dentition. - 4Proconsul Heseloniare the oldest apes, around 22 mya located in Africa, weighted around 25 lb. and are characterized as “dental ape”: dental/brain looked like apes, but body was still money-like.
- 5Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis10-8 mya, found in India and China, mostly Herbivores, very tall (around 8 ft) and about 400 lbs.
- 6Gigantopithecus blacki1 mya (there could be a break of 7 million because we haven’t found it) located in China, mostly Herbivore and are characterized as the largest primate ever found, estimated to be ~600lb. and tall over 8ft
- 7Ramapithecus punjabicus/ Sivapithecus indicus– age: 12 mya, found in Pakistan, 1970’s, characteristics: parabolic-ish, dental arcade – didn’t fully belong to either categories, thick enamel. But to the age was later give a different name Sivapithecus indicus, which are ancestral to orangutans (not human ancestor)
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