Dipodapithecus

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Ten million long years have passed since the downfall of the last human civilization. Organisms have been changing and adapting to their environments for ten million years. New body plans have evolved. New niches have now been established by the survivors of the Tertiary-Quaternary extinction event. Although most human lineages have since faded from existence, a few still hold on to the delicate Earth. The most notorious of these is the bloodline of the synapsid dinosaurs, bipedal predators derived from humans which resemble their namesakes which ruled the Earth a million centuries beforehand. Dipodapithecus grandis, the largest of its time at the height of a man, is native to the forests of eastern North America. Its body is posed in a hunched position to stabilize it effectively and it is covered in fur for insulation. The first and fifth digits of its hand have become reduced as they are not as helpful as the three remaining fingers for gripping onto prey, and the hand is streamlined for scratching opponents as a defense. The second and third digits of the foot and the fourth and fifth digits of the foot have also fused together to produce larger toes for effective takeoff in running, as well as developing a digitigrade stance for a larger stride. Males of this species also have a unique display to compensate for the androgynous structure of the species, growing fur at the back of back of the head that curves downwards and then upwards to create the impression of a crest.

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