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The Evolution of High Visual Acuity in the Anthropoidea

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Most definitions of the order primates make some reference to the importance of vision relative to the other special senses (Le Gros Clark, 1959; Martin, 1990; Napier and Napier, 1967). This characterization is particularly fitting for haplorhine primates, in which vision is unquestionably the dominant sensory modality. Anthropoids and tarsiers differ from strepsirrhines in exhibiting a derived reduction of the olfactory apparatus (Baron et al., 1983; Cave, 1973) and an elaboration of the visual sense to a degree that is unique among mammals (Rodieck, 1973; Walls, 1942). Visual adaptations, however, are divergent within the haplorhine suborder. While the tarsier visual system is primarily specialized for enhanced sensitivity in the context of nocturnal visual predation (Castenholz, 1984s), most living anthropoids are adapted for extremely acute diurnal vision.

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Kirk, E.C., Kay, R.F. (2004). The Evolution of High Visual Acuity in the Anthropoidea. In: Ross, C.F., Kay, R.F. (eds) Anthropoid Origins. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8873-7_20

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