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Future Evolution of New World Monkeys
Topic Started: Jun 15 2010, 01:11 PM (1,953 Views)
irbaboon Jun 15 2010, 01:11 PM Post #1
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Suppose though, that humanity dies out pretty soon and pretty quickly in a way that dosen't effect other primates (I don't care how or why) How would the New World Monkeys do? Would any adapt to life on the ground? Would any develop human level intelligence? Would the Owl Monkey become even further adapted to a nocturnal lifestyle? Would the marmoset develop more formidable claws for defensive or maybe predatory purposes?
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Pando Jun 15 2010, 01:16 PM Post #2
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I actually envision a ground sloth-like new world primate for the forests of 90 MYF that take the place of the Amazon of today.
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irbaboon Jun 15 2010, 01:18 PM Post #3
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I actually envision a ground sloth-like new world primate for the forests of 90 MYF that take the place of the Amazon of today.
Would a sloth like form be more likely than an ape like form?
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Pando Jun 15 2010, 01:19 PM Post #4
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Well, the way I envision it it's bipedal (not human bipedal more like ground-sloth bipedal) with well developed arms that host gigantic claws that have the same function as Therizinosaurid claws.
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Ook Jun 15 2010, 01:23 PM Post #5
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there is also introduced macaques,which are breeding very well,humans wants to exterminate them,but it was unsuccesfull,i think that they could develop ape like forms more likely than new world monkeys
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irbaboon Jun 15 2010, 01:35 PM Post #6
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Know I know there are macaques in Florida and in the island of Puerto Rico are there any in mainland south and central america were most of the New World monkeys live?
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Toad of Spades Jun 15 2010, 01:35 PM Post #7
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Maybe the monkeys introduced to Florida could evolve into amphibious swamp monkeys.
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irbaboon Jun 15 2010, 01:42 PM Post #8
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Well, the way I envision it it's bipedal (not human bipedal more like ground-sloth bipedal) with well developed arms that host gigantic claws that have the same function as Therizinosaurid claws.
Would it have a long broad tail like a ground sloth to act as balance? What species of New World monkey do you see it coming from?
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Toad of Spades Jun 15 2010, 01:45 PM Post #9
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Proboscis monkeys could work. They spend alot of time sitting down while eating. Also they are very herbivorous with a big vat like stomach. They could be very likely candidates.

As for swamp monkeys, maybe they could have a flattened otter-like tail.
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irbaboon Jun 15 2010, 01:58 PM Post #10
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Proboscis monkeys could work. They spend alot of time sitting down while eating. Also they are very herbivorous with a big vat like stomach. They could be very likely candidates.

As for swamp monkeys, maybe they could have a flattened otter-like tail.
But they are not New World monkeys, and I am pretty sure there are no introduced populations of them in the Americas
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Toad of Spades Jun 15 2010, 02:01 PM Post #11
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Oh, I always thought they lived in South America for some reason. Then how many kinds of monkeys in the Americas share a similar bodyplan and diet?
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Cynovolans Jun 15 2010, 03:08 PM Post #12
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None I think, Old World monkeys are a lot different from New World monkeys.

Does anybody remember the babookari from TFIW? I thinked it looked too much like an Old World Monkey, with the tail and all. I don't doubt a New World Monkey could adapt to grasslands, but I still think it was too Old Worldie.

Uakari's make me think of sloths a bit because of their long fur, and all they need s to specialize their diet to just leaves to become more sloth like. Maybe kill off all fruit trees.
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Practically Uninformed Jun 15 2010, 03:16 PM Post #13
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I'd imagine some baboon-like forms could adapt in the pampas of South America, or go north into the US.
What about the possibility of New World "apes"?
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Ook Jun 15 2010, 03:25 PM Post #14
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as i write,macaques are more possible,but if they go extinct,smaller monkey must first adapt to terrestrial enviroment and later could produce ape like forms
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Practically Uninformed Jun 15 2010, 03:27 PM Post #15
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Ah.

...wait, I'm confused. Macaques are "New World" monkeys? I thought that New World monkeys evolved only in the Western Hemisphere.
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