Assertion: tarsier | /r/Synonym | living fossils
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Tarsiers are often called “living fossils”
text: The tarsier is indeed a “living fossil” (in the best sense of that overworked term), and teeth referred to the modern genus Tarsius are known from the…
text: For a small primate like the tarsier, which is considered a “living fossil” since it is practically unchanged evolutionarily for 45 million years, ultrasonic communication is likely an important tool for avoiding predators.
text: Tarsiers are often called "living fossils" because they most resemble fossil primates from about 40 million years ago.