The Fayum Depression in Egypt is a
A) key site for the most complete fossils of plesiadapiforms dating from the Paleocene.
B) key site for fossils showing the appearance of the first anthropoids during the Miocene.
C) rich source of prosimian fossils dating from the Oligocene.
D) rich source of fossil evidence of anthropoidean evolution in the Oligocene.

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The Fayum Depression is known for its rich fossil deposits from the Oligocene epoch, particularly for providing significant evidence of early anthropoid evolution.

The Fayum Depression in Egypt Is a