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.
The immediate ancestors of humans were members of the genus Australopithecus . The australopithecines (or australopiths) were intermediate between apes and people. Both australopithecines and humans are biologically similar enough to be classified as members of the same biological tribe--the Hominini . All people, past and present, along with the australopithecines are hominins .