Sequence of Eruption of Permanent Teeth and Epiphyseal Union in Three Species of African Monkeys

Abstract
Sequences of eruption of teeth and union of epiphyses are determined for three species of African Cercopithecinae. These sequences are highly scalable and are highly comparable between and among the species. Some sex differences in sequence were found within each species. The sequences of epiphyseal union in these species of Old World monkeys are very similar to published sequences in New World monkeys and other groups of higher primates. It appears that there is a single pattern common to the Anthropoidea as a whole.