Primates II (Talk.Origins)

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Given how fragmented Amphipithecus, and Pondaungia are it is laughable for them to call this a gap.

No real data is presented here, just a statement of what Evolutionists think happened. No reason is given for why Parapithecus is even on the list. Parapithecus is probably a variety of lemur, but since they already appear in form of Pelycodus this is only variety within a kind of animal.

Propliopithecus seems to be the same kind as Parapithecus, which was probably a variety of lemur. Further more propliopithecus is dated as contemporary with Parapithecus and so Parapithecus could not be ancestor to Propliopithecus.

Based on the comparison of Propliopithecus and Parapithecus with the lemur, Aegyptopithecus is probably the same kind of animal as Propliopithecus and Parapithecus and they are all probably a variety of lemur. Furthermore, Aegyptopithecus is dated as contemporary with Propliopithecus and Parapithecus but apparently just out lived them.

Curiously, there is an unmentioned gap in "dates" with the late Oligocene missing. Proconsul africanus is described as being "gibbon-like"; as such it is probably a variety of gibbon.

Limnopithecus has been described as similar to modern gibbons, so it probably was a variety of gibbon. It is also dated as contempary with Proconsul africanus the showing that Proconsul africanus is not ancestral to Limnopithecus.

There does not appear to be any evidence of postcranial fossils for Dryopithecus; this makes a proper classification difficult. It also makes a real comparison with other types impossible. There does not appear to be any evidence of postcranial fossils of Sivapithecus; this makes a proper classification difficult. It seems to be based only on skulls. It is enough see that Sivapithecus and Dryopithecus are different kinds of animals, with no real evidence of a relationship. Furthermore, Sivapithecus is dated as the same age as Dryopithecus, so the order is arbitrary.
 * Reference: Dryopithecus y el origen de los grandes monos actuales
 * Reference: Dryopithecus fontani
 * Reference: Dryopithecus major
 * Reference: On the Lower Jaw of an Anthropoid Ape [Dryopithecus]
 * Reference: Hominidenevolution in Afrika
 * Reference: Sivapithecus
 * Reference: Human Evolution - ^Sivapithecus indicus jaw top view
 * Reference: Human Evolution - ^Sivapithecus indicus jaw front view

Kenyapithecus is dated as the same age as Sivapithecus and Dryopithecus, so the order is arbitrary.

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