Quadrumana
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quadrumana-246-13406691
title:
Quadrumana
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Quadrumana is an outdated taxonomic division within the primates. The division of "Quadrumana" from "Bimana" was an attempt at distinguishing Homo sapiens from the rest of the great apes. For a century, modern science has considered humans as part of the great apes. Quadrumana is Latin for "four-handed ones", which was a term used for Lemurs, monkeys and apes since their feet are prehensile and similar to hands. It was not clear at the time that Tarsiers belonged as well in this group, as sister
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encyclopedia
description:
Obsolete primate taxon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrumana
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date modified:
2023-03-20T00:51:02Z
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