Which of the following events in primate evolution happened during the Eocene epoch? Group of answer choices: - The first true primates evolved with characteristics similar to today's strepsirhines. - Most ape species went extinct and the hominins evolved. - The first apes evolved and underwent an adaptive radiation. - No true primates had evolved yet, but rodent-like Plesiadapiforms existed. - The Old World-New World monkey split occurred.
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