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In keeping with the title and intended theme of this book, this summary will be mainly devoted to reviewing current understanding of the interrelationships of primates and their relatives, as reflected in the investigations and discussions in preceding chapters. Inasmuch as knowledge cannot be divorced from the method by which it was gained, there will be some occasion to touch on methodological matters.
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MacPhee, R.D.E. (1993). Summary. In: MacPhee, R.D.E. (eds) Primates and Their Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective. Advances in Primatology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2388-2_11
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