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In humans, researchers have documented the greatest limb bone bilateral asymmetry in diaphyseal breadths, with less asymmetry in articular and maximum length dimensions. However, it remains unclear as to whether the pattern observed for humans is representative of nonhuman primates, wherein bilateral loading may minimize directional asymmetry. This study adds to the small body of asymmetry data on nonhuman primates by investigating patterns of long bone asymmetry in a skeletal sample of<jats:italic>Saguinus oedipus<\/jats:italic>(cotton\u2010top tamarin).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Humeri, radii, ulnae, femora, and tibiae of 76 adult captive cotton\u2010top tamarin skeletons (48 males, 28 females) were measured bilaterally. 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