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Catarrhine

Catarrhine meaning

Describing the Catarrhini parvorder of primates (including humans) that have nostrils that are close together and directed frontward or downward

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The earliest known catarrhine is Kamoyapithecus from uppermost Oligocene at Eragaleit in the northern Great Rift Valley in Kenya, dated to 24 million years ago.