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Primate Skull Replicas are museum quality polyurethane resin cast. Primate Skull Replicas are made in USA.
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates which contains pro simians and simians. Primates arose from ancestors that lived in the trees of tropical forests. Many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging three-dimensional environment. Most primate species remain at least partly arboreal.
Most primates live in tropical or subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia. They range in size from Madame Berthes mouse lemur, which weighs only 30 g 1 oz, to the eastern lowland gorilla, weighing over 440 lbs.
According to fossil evidence, the primitive ancestors of primates may have existed in the late Cretaceous period around 65 million years ago; an early close primate relative known from abundant remains is the Late Paleocene Plesiadapis, circa 55 to 58 million years ago. Molecular clock studies suggest the primate branch may be even older, originating in the mid-Cretaceous period around 85 mya.
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Adapis Parisiensis Skull Replica
$35.00Adapis holds the title of the first Eocene primate ever discovered. In 1821, Georges Cuvier, who is considered to be the founding father of paleontology, discovered Adapis in fissure fillings…
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Aegyptopithecus Zeuxis Skull Replica
$72.00If Aegyptopithecus is placed in its own genus, then there is one documented species named A. zeuxis. The type specimen for the species is CGM26901. Its scientific name means “linking…
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Black Colobus Monkey Skull
$170.00The Black Colobus Monkey is one of the most threatened primate species in Africa and is currently listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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Black Spider Monkey Male Skull
$121.00They get their name from their long, hairy appendages and prehensile tail that can resemble the shape of a spider while moving through the canopy of trees. Studies show the…
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Bornean Orangutan Articulated Adult Foot
$216.00The Bornean Orangutan is the third-largest ape after the Western Gorilla, and the largest truly arboreal (or tree-dwelling) extant ape. Their lifespan of 35 to 45 years in the wild;…
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Bornean Orangutan Articulated Hand Replica
$216.00The Bornean Orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan diverged about 400,000 years ago, with a continued low level of gene flow between them since then. They have a lifespan of 35…
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Bornean Orangutan Female Skull
$197.00Orangutans share approximately 97% of their DNA with humans. Also called Mias by the local population, the Bornean Orangutan is a critically endangered species, with deforestation, palm oil plantations, and…
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Bornean Orangutan Male Skull
$333.00It is the largest of the three species of Orangutans. Like the other great apes, Orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild. They…
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Bush Baby Adult Skull
$91.00Their large eyes allow for more light absorbing rods, and thus, better night vision. Like an owl, the Bush Babies eyes are fixed in their sockets. To compensate for this,…
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Celebes Crested Macaque Monkey Skull
$181.00Despite being critically endangered, Crested Black Macaque are still unprotected outside of Tangkoko reserve, and they are regularly hunted and slaughtered. They are easily caught and killed, as they have…
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Chacma Baboon Female Skull
$206.00The Chacma Baboon often sleeps in large groups on high rocks, cliffs or in tall trees at night to avoid nocturnal predators. The morning dispersal from the sleeping site is…
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Chacma Baboon Juvenile Skull
$165.00Both males and females care for infants, and care does not depend on the infant’s sex. Additionally, nearly all caregivers are pre-reproductive, only four or five years of age.
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Chacma Baboon Male Skull Replica
$206.00Males and female Chacma Baboons often form relationships referred to as “friendships”. These cooperative relationships generally occur between lactating females and adult males. The females are believed to seek out…
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Chimpanzee Adult Female Skull Replica
$197.00The Chimpanzee is covered in coarse black hair, but has a bare face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. Their legs are shorter than are…
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Colobus Male Monkey Skull
$182.00The Angola colobus (Colobus angolensis), Angolan black-and-white colobus, or Angolan colobus is a primate species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus.
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Common Marmoset Skull Replica
$109.00Common Marmosets have an arboreal locomotion similar to squirrels. They can hang onto trees vertically and leap between them, and run across branches quadrupedally.
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Cotton-Top Tamarin Skull Replica
$121.00It is currently classified as critically endangered and is one of the rarest primates in the world, with only 6,000 individuals left in the wild. Named for the white wisps…
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Crab-eating Macaque Monkey Skull
$182.00In Thailand and Myanmar, Crab-eating Macaques use stone tools to open nuts, oysters and other bivalves, and various types of sea snails, nerites, muricids and trochids along the Andaman sea.
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Gelada Baboon Skull Replica
$206.00Geladas are the only primates that are primarily graminivores and grazers – grass blades make up to 90% of their diet. They eat both the blades and the seeds of…
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Gigantopithecus Blacki Jaw Replica
$66.00Gigantopithecus is an extinct genus of ape that lived from 2 million to 350,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki.
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Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin Skull
$121.00The Golden-headed Lion Tamarin, named for its orange mane-like head pelage, is native to the rainforests of Brazil, South America. It has a very wide diet; it eats plants, fruits,…
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Hamadryas Baboon Female Skull
$197.00Females within a harem do not display any dominance relationships as seen in many other baboon and macaque species. The harem males suppress aggression between the females and prevent any…
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Hamadryas Baboon Male Skull
$197.00The Hamadryas Baboon is unusual among baboon and macaque species in that its society is strictly patriarchal. The males limit the movements of the females, herding them with visual threats…
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Mandrill Monkey Male Skull
$227.00Mandrills communicate with various facial expressions and postures. Threat displays involve an open mouth & staring, usually in combination with head bobbing, ground slapping and raised hair.
