3. Moderate bounds; limits of truth; moderation; due limits. In two hundred years, (I speak within compass,) no such commission had been executed. This sense is the same as the first, and the peculiar force of the phrase lies in the word within. 4. The extent or limit of the voice or of sound.
kgb answers Â» History & Politics Â» History Â» Who are adapids and omomyids ancestors of? Adapids & omomyids are considered true primate ancestors. It's believed adapids are ancestors of lemurs and Omomyids may be ancestral to modern Tarsiers. Tags: lemurs, ancestors. Thursday, February 02 2012.
Like primates alive today, omomyids had grasping hands and feet with digits tipped by nails instead of claws. Features of their skeletons strongly indicate that omomyids lived in trees. In at least one genus (Necrolemur), the lower leg bones, the tibia and fibula, were fused as in modern tarsiers. This feature may indicate that Necrolemur leaped frequently.