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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

10,000 Birds

If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. In other words, the group of mammals that includes all the monkeys, which is rather large (and not accurately defined because I’ve not said what a “monkey” is … am I including lemurs?)

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Rare Tee Clothing

4 The Love Of Animals

Did you know that they are more closely related to lemurs than they are to monkeys? The shirt is really a lot of fun to wear, and I really like that it’s so unique. It was also fun to learn a little bit about the Tarsier when I was choosing my shirt. Even though they look a bit more like a primate!

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Come@Me: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle

10,000 Birds

For example, it would make a huge amount of sense for suspensory feeding monkeys to have six, not four, limbs. Monkey is a common, not scientific, term. People use the terms “primate” and “monkey” interchangeably, and refer to such things as lemurs as monkeys.

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