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So I've been re-reading Phaeton's Wetter, Warmer Earth lately, which is one of my favorite TLs of all time. The TL talks about the rise of a form of neolemurs as one of the two dominant tool-using species in places (which is one of my favorite parts about it). So that got me thinking:

What other possible alternate sentient, advanced tool-using species could there be, during or after the Eocene period? It would have to be some species that isn't really terribly specialized (i.e. no claws, etc.) and so has the chance to specialize in intelligence. I'm thinking probably other primates, maybe some hoofed beasts too?
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