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The environment in which Ramapithecus lived may have been one of tropical forests interspersed with broad rivers and tree savanna.
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TATTERSALL, I. Ecology of North Indian Ramapithecus. Nature 221, 451–452 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221451a0
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