Adapid Group (Noun)
Meaning
Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The adapid group predominantly inhabited forests and woodlands during the Eocene epoch.
- Research suggests that some members of the adapid group may have been involved in social interactions with one another.
- Comparative analysis indicates that the brains of the adapid group were slightly larger than those of their contemporaries.
- Many modern-day primatologists argue that the lemurs are the direct descendents of the adapid group.
- The distinction between adapid group and anthroprid group ancestors is a heavily debated topic within the field of paleontology.