A member of an extinct family of early primates from the Eocene epoch that lived in Europe and Asia.
From Adapis, a genus name coined from Greek 'adaptos' (unfitted), combined with the suffix '-id' indicating a member of a family.
These ancient primates are like evolutionary bridges—they show features intermediate between lemurs and higher primates, helping scientists understand how our own primate family tree branched 50 million years ago.
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