Conclusion
Reevaluation of primate divergence times was necessary after it became obvious that the originally proposed dates are in conflict with the paleontological record. The recently established non-primate calibration points (AC-60 and ER-50)provide divergence times of eutherians and primates that are consistent with the fossil record. Although the divergence times among primates proposed by Arnason, et al. (1996, 1998) may seem unorthodox, they are in agreement with the paleontological record and provide a framework for reevaluating primate evolution.
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Janke, A., Arnason, U. (2002). Primate Divergence Times. In: Galdikas, B.M.F., Briggs, N.E., Sheeran, L.K., Shapiro, G.L., Goodall, J. (eds) All Apes Great and Small. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47461-1_3
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