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Kamoyapithecus

Index Kamoyapithecus

Kamoyapithecus (Kamoya + Greek -pithekos “ape”) was a primate that lived in Africa during the late Oligocene period, about 24.2-27.5 million years ago. [1]

5 relations: Catarrhini, Evolution of primates, Human evolution, List of fossil primates, Saadanius.

Catarrhini

Catarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the simians, the other being the plathyrrhine (New World monkeys).

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Evolution of primates

The evolutionary history of the primates can be traced back 65 million years.

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Human evolution

Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans, beginning with the evolutionary history of primates – in particular genus Homo – and leading to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family, the great apes.

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List of fossil primates

This is a list of fossil primates—extinct primates for which a fossil record exists.

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Saadanius

Saadanius is a genus of fossil primate dating to the Oligocene that is closely related to the common ancestor of the Old World monkeys and apes, collectively known as catarrhines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoyapithecus

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