Ahem:
There's a family of New World monkeys called Pithecia; I think this is where the pitheciinae come from.
However, the pithecine APES (which are not monkeys, monkeys have tails), are still called "the Pithecines", here and there. I'm quite sure of this, and so is my sister (the one with the degree). The pithecines are supposedly where the Homo genus arose, from a gracile australopithecine predecessor.
Who wants to shoot this lot down in flames, then? (remember, you are now dealing with an utterly pompous twit, at this stage).
P.S. Since someone has been harping on about New World monkeys (apparently it was me), then someone should point out that this:
"I do know what a pithecine is. It is New World Monkey. It is not - as you seem to think - an acceptable variant for australopithecine."
Is completely wrong, in fact.
The pithecine group includes (two) Australopithecus species, and the ones I've mentioned that left Africa, and two other, more general taxonomic groupings (from way back in the Eocene): the propliopithecine and oligopithecine categories.
OK? or not...
There's a family of New World monkeys called Pithecia; I think this is where the pitheciinae come from.
However, the pithecine APES (which are not monkeys, monkeys have tails), are still called "the Pithecines", here and there. I'm quite sure of this, and so is my sister (the one with the degree). The pithecines are supposedly where the Homo genus arose, from a gracile australopithecine predecessor.
Who wants to shoot this lot down in flames, then? (remember, you are now dealing with an utterly pompous twit, at this stage).
P.S. Since someone has been harping on about New World monkeys (apparently it was me), then someone should point out that this:
"I do know what a pithecine is. It is New World Monkey. It is not - as you seem to think - an acceptable variant for australopithecine."
Is completely wrong, in fact.
The pithecine group includes (two) Australopithecus species, and the ones I've mentioned that left Africa, and two other, more general taxonomic groupings (from way back in the Eocene): the propliopithecine and oligopithecine categories.
OK? or not...
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