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## Abstract This article uses data on the dental eruption pattern and life history of __Tarsius__ to test the utility of Schultz's rule. Schultz's rule claims a relationship between the relative pattern of eruption and the absolute pace of dental development and life history and may be useful in reconstructing life histories in extinct primates. Here, we document an unusual eruption pattern in __Tarsius__ combining early eruption (relative to molars) of anterior replacement teeth (P2 and incisors) and relatively late eruption of the posterior replacement teeth (C, P3, and P4). This eruption pattern does not accurately predict the “slow” pace of life documented for __Tarsius__ [Roberts: Int J Primatol 15 (1994) 1–28], nor aspects of life history directly associated with dental development as would be expected using Schultz's rule. In __Tarsius__, the anterior teeth and M1 erupt at an early age and therefore are not only fast in a relative sense but also fast in an absolute sense. This seems to be related to a developmental anomaly in the deciduous precursor teeth, which are essentially skipped. This decoupling among dental eruption pattern, dental eruption pace, and life history pac

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Author

Emily H. Guthrie; Stephen R. Frost

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0002-9483)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)