Fossils provide the only direct evidence of the evolutionary history of primates. A method of
phylogeny reconstruction is outlined which is based on an evaluation of phenetic …

Lufengpithecus hudienensis is a Late-Miocene hominid from the Yuanmou basin of
southwestern China. Previous studies link Lufengpithecus to either the Sivapithecus …

Abstract A hominin mandible, KNM-ER 63000, and associated vertebrate remains were
recovered in 2011 from Area 40 in East Turkana, Kenya. Tephrostratigraphic and …

Throughout the Paleogene, most terrestrial carnivore niches in Afro-Arabia were occupied
by Hyaenodonta, an extinct lineage of placental mammals. By the end of the Miocene …

The systematics of the Neogene Siwalik hipparion horses is based on a review of the classic
material from numerous institutions as well as a new biostrati-graphically controlled …

The earliest representatives of Theridomyidae (belonging to the subfamilies
Issiodoromyinae, Theridomyinae, Sciuroidinae, Pseudosciurinae, and Remyinae) from the …

The evolution of the teeth in hominins is characterized by, among other characters, major
changes in root morphology. However, little is known of the evolution from a plesiomorphic …

A new tillodont, Anthraconyx hypsomylus, n. gen. n. sp., is described from the early Eocene
Cambay Shale Formation at Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India. Anthraconyx hypsomylus is …

A new species of Homo, Homo naledi, was described in 2015 based on the hominin skeletal
remains from the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, South Africa …

In 1972 and 1983, four hominin teeth were recovered from Yanhui Cave, Tongzi, southern
China and assigned to later Homo erectus or archaic Homo sapiens. The teeth can be dated …