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EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 21-35Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20195
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orbit orientation; da Vinci stereopsis; crypsis; camouflage; activity pattern; primate origins
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Primates are the most visually adapted order of mammals. There is a rich history within anthropology of proposed explanations for the adaptive significance of binocular vision, especially pertaining to primate origins and evolution. Depth perception and orbit morphology have been hypothesized to be functionally related to specialized locomotor or feeding behaviors. Many of these arguments continue to this day. An understanding of specific primate visual adaptations, including binocular vision, can shed light on these long-term and heated debates.
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