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The issue of whether nails or claws were present on the digits of the last common ancestor of living primates is central to the understanding of the ecological context in which the order originated. Two lines of evidence are available, the shape (claw, nail, toilet-claw) and the histological structure (one or two horny strata). Here we review the existing data regarding the shape and histological...