SIVAPITHECUS
includes Rampithecus and Dryopithecus.
THEY REPRESENT THE SPLIT BETWEEN
HUMAN AND APE
CARACTERISTICS
*They were 5 ft long pre-historic primates*Weight 50-75 pounds
*They possessed chimp like feet with flexible ankles and the rest of them resembled the orangutan
*They started to walk upright to explore the flatlands better.
*Their large canines and heavily enameled molars indicates their died consist of tough tubers and stems, food from the plains and not the soft fruit from the forest.
*They left the forest to look for food on the grasslands
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