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Primate Origins

Primate Adaptations Revisited. Visual and olfactory changesGrasping extremitiesGeneralized skeletonsLarge brains and complex behaviorWhat does this suite of traits tell us about the earliest primates and their adaptations?. The Arboreal Theory . Links the origin of the primates with an adaptive shift from a terrestrial to an arboreal habitatExplains primate adaptations as originally adaptations for life in the treesProblem was the lack of a general applicability to other arboreal mammalsF9441

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Primate Origins

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