Deep time and the search for anthropoid origins

ER Miller, GF Gunnell, RD Martin - American Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Recent fossil discoveries, phylogenetic analyses, revised reconstructions of continental drift,
and accumulating molecular evidence have all yielded new information relating to …

[PDF][PDF] Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: a review with description of new specimens

T Tsubamoto, N Egi, M Takai, C Sein… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2005 - bibliotekanauki.pl
We review an ungulate mammalian fauna of the Eocene Pondaung Formation, central
Myanmar, and herein describe new dental specimens. The taxa newly recognized in the …

Innovative approaches to the relationship between diet and mandibular morphology in primates

CF Ross, J Iriarte-Diaz, CL Nunn - International Journal of Primatology, 2012 - Springer
Attempts to establish relationships between mandibular morphology and either traditional
dietary categories or geometric and material properties of primate diets have not been …

New perspectives on anthropoid origins

BA Williams, RF Kay, EC Kirk - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Adaptive shifts associated with human origins are brought to light as we examine the human
fossil record and study our own genome and that of our closest ape relatives. However, the …

Functional anatomy of the limbs of Erethizontidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha): indicators of locomotor behavior in Miocene porcupines

AM Candela, MBJ Picasso - Journal of morphology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Functional analysis of the limb bones of the erethizontid Steiromys duplicatus, one of the
most abundant Miocene porcupines from Patagonia, provides evidence to infer their …

Biogeography in deep time–What do phylogenetics, geology, and paleoclimate tell us about early platyrrhine evolution?

RF Kay - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2015 - Elsevier
Molecular data have converged on a consensus about the genus-level phylogeny of extant
platyrrhine monkeys, but for most extinct taxa and certainly for those older than the …

Early eocene primates from Gujarat, India

KD Rose, RS Rana, A Sahni, K Kumar… - Journal of Human …, 2009 - Elsevier
The oldest euprimates known from India come from the Early Eocene Cambay Formation at
Vastan Mine in Gujarat. An Ypresian (early Cuisian) age of∼ 53Ma (based on foraminifera) …

The oldest Asian record of Anthropoidea

S Bajpai, RF Kay, BA Williams… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Undisputed anthropoids appear in the fossil record of Africa and Asia by the middle Eocene,
about 45 Ma. Here, we report the discovery of an early Eocene eosimiid anthropoid primate …

The jaw adductors of strepsirrhines in relation to body size, diet, and ingested food size

JMG Perry, A Hartstone‐Rose… - The Anatomical Record …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Body size and food properties account for much of the variation in the hard tissue
morphology of the masticatory system whereas their influence on the soft tissue anatomy …

Palynostratigraphy and depositional environment of Vastan lignite mine (Early Eocene), Gujarat, western India

MR Rao, A Sahni, RS Rana, P Verma - Journal of Earth System Science, 2013 - Springer
Early Eocene sedimentary successions of south Asia, are marked by the development of
extensive fossil-bearing, lignite-rich sediments prior to the collision of India with Asia and …