Evidence for a grooming claw in a North American adapiform primate: implications for anthropoid origins.

Among fossil primates, the Eocene adapiforms have been suggested as the closest relatives of living anthropoids (monkeys, apes, and humans). Central to this argument is the form of the second pedal digit. Extant strepsirrhines and tarsiers possess a grooming claw on this digit, while most anthropoid...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Maiolino, Doug M Boyer, Jonathan I Bloch, Christopher C Gilbert, Joseph Groenke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3254620?pdf=render