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The result was: promoted by Mentoz86 (talk) 09:40, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Afrasia djijidae

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... that dental similarities in Afrotarsius, an African fossil primate, and Afrasia, a newly described fossil primate from Myanmar, add support to the hypothesis that simians first evolved in Asia?

Reviewed: Motukoreaite

Created/expanded by Maky (talk), Ucucha (talk). Nominated by Maky (talk) at 03:23, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Date and size are fine, but for the hook - I cannot find that claim clearly supported by a ref in the body (it is stated in the lead, but unreferenced there). Some parts of the hook are not found in the article at all (the word dental appears only in references). Unless this is fixed, or an alt hook is proposed (and the claim removed from the lead), this is a no-go. PS. Please ping me on talk for a speedy re-review.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 23:51, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Afrasia_djijidae#Evolutionary_history - first sentence of the third paragraph: The upper upper molars of Afrasia are near identical in morphology and size to those of Afrotarsius, dental being the appropriate adjective to describe similarity in teeth. Guettarda (talk) 14:29, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Guettarda. Also, the last paragraph of the "Biogeography" section discusses the Asian origins of simians, contrasting it with the African origin hypothesis. It talks about it more within the context of Afrasia rather than the debate in general, but technically it's there. If you're still not happy, I can introduce the debate with another academic source I have on file. – Maky ^« talk » 02:04, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

I am going to pass it, but yes, please add another source - we can never have too many. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:35, 15 June 2012 (UTC)