| As in all prosimians, olfactory communication is well developed in sifakas. |
| The assumption written into all evolution textbooks was that the transition to anthropoids was made by animals larger than the prosimians. |
| Some non-human primates, for example some prosimians, require nesting material, for example wood wool, dry leaves or straw. |
| Lastly, the most representative mammals of Madagascar are the lemurs, primitive prosimians which have kept a few insectivore features. |
| A major focus of recent paleoanthropological research has been to establish the origin of anthropoid primates from earlier and more primitive primates known as prosimians. |
| In primates, prosimians and Old World monkeys exhibit a moderate level of the enzymatic activity relative to mice and rabbits. |
