Eocene–Oligocene transition in Central Asia and its effects on mammalian evolution

BP Kraatz, JH Geisler - Geology, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Eocene-Oligocene boundary (EOB) marks a period of dramatic global climatic
change correlated with pronounced mammalian faunal change. The timing of these events …

[PDF][PDF] Green Arabia: Human prehistory at the crossroads of continents

MD Petraglia, A Parton, HS Groucutt… - Quaternary …, 2015 - pure.mpg.de
The Arabian Peninsula should play a central role in understanding the biological and
cultural legacy of humanity, as the region is at the crossroads between Africa and Asia …

Metric dental variation of major human populations

T Hanihara, H Ishida - … : The Official Publication of the American …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Mesiodistal and buccolingual crown diameters of all teeth recorded in 72 major human
population groups and seven geographic groups were analyzed. The results obtained are …

The role of Hazarewal populations in the peopling of South Asia: A dental morphology investigation

N Akbar, I Ullah, H Ahmad, I Ali… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study seeks to accomplish three objectives: assess the biological impact of
historically documented Pathan‐speaking populations on present‐day Hazarewal ethnic …

A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt

ER Seiffert, EL Simons, DM Boyer… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Paleontological work carried out over the last 3 decades has established that three major
primate groups were present in the Eocene of Africa—anthropoids, adapiforms, and …

Late Pleistocene to Holocene human palaeoecology in the tropical environments of coastal eastern Africa

P Roberts, ME Prendergast, A Janzen… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ecological adaptations that stimulated the dispersal and technological strategies of our
species during the Late Pleistocene remain hotly disputed, with some influential theories …

Oligocene primates from China reveal divergence between African and Asian primate evolution

X Ni, Q Li, L Li, KC Beard - Science, 2016 - science.org
Profound environmental and faunal changes are associated with climatic deterioration
during the Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) roughly 34 million years ago. Reconstructing …

Homo sapiens in Arabia by 85,000 years ago

HS Groucutt, R Grün, IAS Zalmout, NA Drake… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the timing and character of the expansion of Homo sapiens out of Africa is
critical for inferring the colonization and admixture processes that underpin global …

[HTML][HTML] Complex nature of hominin dispersals: ecogeographical and climatic evidence for pre-contact craniofacial variation

AH Ross, DH Ubelaker - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Coordinate data analysis of ancient crania from the New World reveals complexity in
interpretation when addressing ancient population dispersals. The results of this study …

Questions of Khoesan continuity: dental affinities among the indigenous Holocene peoples of South Africa

JD Irish, W Black, J Sealy… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The present report follows up on the findings of previous research, including recent
bioarchaeological study of well‐dated Khoesan skeletal remains, that posits long term …