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Catarrhini

Old World monkeys and apes, including macaques and baboons (Cercopithecidae) and chimpanzees and orang-utans (Pongidae). The term is now rarely used.

Catarrhines are characterized by having their nostrils close to each other and facing downwards. Many species have cheek pouches and brightly coloured buttocks. They have 32 teeth and do not have prehensile tails. Compare with the New World Platyrrhini.
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Based on the anatomical, palaeobiographical and biostratigraphic information available, the most probable evolutionary scenario for this group is that the Pliopithecoidea were the first Catarrhini to disperse from Africa to Eurasia, where they experienced an evolutionary radiation in a continent initially deserted of other anthropoids (apes)," David Alba, the project leader and a researcher at the Catalan Institute for Palaeontology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), aid.
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