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- proper noun A taxonomic
parvorder within theinfraorder Simiiformes — theNew World monkeys .
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Platyrrhini proper, the only observation with which I am acquainted is due to Pansch, who found in the brain of a foetal Cebus Apella, in addition to the sylvian fissure and the deep calcarine fissure, only a very shallow antero-temporal fissure (scissure parallele of Gratiolet).
Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes Charles Darwin 1845
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But, it by no means follows, that the rule which may hold good for the Platyrrhini extends to the Catarrhini.
Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes Charles Darwin 1845
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Now this fact, taken together with the circumstance that the antero-temporal sulcus is present in such Platyrrhini as the Saimiri, which present mere traces of sulci on the anterior half of the exterior of the cerebral hemispheres, or none at all, undoubtedly, so far as it goes, affords fair evidence in favour of Gratiolet's hypothesis, that the posterior sulci appear before the anterior, in the brains of the
Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes Charles Darwin 1845
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[[Haplorrhini]] splits into infraorders [[New World monkey | Platyrrhini]]
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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[[Haplorrhini]] splits into infraorders [[New World monkey | Platyrrhini]] and [[Catarrhini]].
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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