A Tiny Euprimate Skull Found Recently in China Confirms That

question 24

Multiple Choice

A tiny euprimate skull found recently in China confirms that

• A) our earliest ancestors were nocturnal, like Asian tarsiers.
• B) euprimates were the first primates to live in the Paleozoic.
• C) primates were already geographically widespread by 55 m.y.a., and their common ancestor must have evolved earlier than previously believed.
• D) larger euprimates lived only in Europe.
• E) the specimens previously thought to be euprimates from Europe and North Africa were actually mislabeled.

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