Miocene Apes & Climate Change (5)

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What are Proconsulids?

Early apes with mixed monkey/ape traits.

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What are Dryopithecids?

European apes with large brains.

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What are Sivapithecids related to?

Orangutans.

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What is Gigantopithecus?

Largest primate ever.

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What happened in the late Miocene?

Climate cooled → forests shrank → apes declined.

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What replaced apes in many areas?

Monkeys (adaptive radiation).