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While the oldest actually known fossil primate dates from 60 million years ago, paleontologists believe that the primates diverged from other mammals as early as 81-1/2 million years ago.
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The early anthropoids in the fossil record date from the Middle and Late Eocene and are found in Africa and Asia.
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Although Aegyptopithecus shows a mixture of prosimian and anthropoid features, it is characterized by a large, complete eye socket and the presence of a tail.
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The earliest New World monkey, Branisella, first appears in the Middle Miocene of Bolivia.
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Early Miocene hominoids are often called “dental apes” because, although the teeth are quite apelike, the postcranial skeleton was unspecialized.
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A land connection developed between Africa and Asia during the Middle Miocene that not only permitted animals to move from one continent to another, but also resulted in an expansion of more varied habitats, including the savanna grasslands.
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Fossils of the hominoids of the Late Miocene, including Dryopithecus, Ouranopoithecus, and Sivapithecus, are only found in sites in southern and south eastern Asia.
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Gigantopithecus survived into the Pleistocene where it coexisted with populations of the genus Homo.
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Paleontologists are able to identify which fossil hominoids from the Miocene gave rise to the living great apes.
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The hominids most likely evolved from a Miocene hominoid that closely resembled the living chimpanzees.
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