Fossil primates have been known from the late middle to late Eocene Pondaung Formation
of Myanmar since the description of Pondaungia cotteri in 1927. Three additional primate …

The phylogenetic position of tarsiers relative to anthropoids and Paleogene omomyids
remains a subject of lively debate that lies at the center of research into anthropoid origins …

The Middle Awash Ardipithecus ramidus sample comprises over 145 teeth, including
associated maxillary and mandibular sets. These help reveal the earliest stages of human …

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 …

Abstract Apes and Old World monkeys are prominent components of modern African and
Asian ecosystems, yet the earliest phases of their evolutionary history have remained largely …

A precise knowledge of the divergence time between Hominoidea (apes and humans) and
Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys) has been hampered by the paucity of fossils …

The last decade has witnessed enormous gains in our knowledge of early anthro‐poidean
primates, the oldest known relatives of monkeys, apes and humans. Recent fossil finds in …

Fossil primates from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar have figured
prominently in recent efforts to reconstruct the early evolutionary history of anthropoids. The …

Molecular studies suggest that the lineages leading to humans and chimpanzees diverged
approximately 6.5–5.5 million years (Myr) ago, in the Late Miocene1–3. Hominid fossils from …

Recent paleontological collections at the middle Miocene locality of Maboko Island in
Kenya, dated at 15–16 million years, have yielded numerous new specimens belonging to …