Numerous factors have stimulated new enthusiasm for understanding the process of primate
origins, including new fossil discoveries, improvements to methods for analyzing molecular …

Multiple competing hypotheses attribute the evolution of the suite of traits that distinguish
primates from their closest relatives, including forward-facing eyes, which create a wide field …

Extant euprimates (= crown primates) have a characteristically expanded neocortical region
of the brain relative to that of other mammals, but the timing of that expansion in their …

Teeth of primate-like mammals from the Paleogene (“plesiadapiforms”) have been known for
at least 130 years (Gervais, 1877). These fossil taxa are generally recognized as being …

Expansion of the brain is a key feature of primate evolution. The fossil record, although
incomplete, allows a partial reconstruction of changes in primate brain size and morphology …

Paleogene microsyopid plesiadapiforms are among the oldest euarchontans known from
relatively complete crania. While cranial endocasts are known for larger-bodied Eocene …

Anagalids are an extinct group of primitive mammals from the Asian Palaeogene thought to
be possible basal members of Glires. Anagalid material is rare, with only a handful of crania …

The place of origin of Primates is a subject that has received surprisingly little treatment in
the literature. Part of the difficulty in considering this question is terminological. Until recently …

The dentition can be thought of as comprising a series of functional modules, which may
include pre-ingestive food preparation, ingestion, sexual signalling, and mastication …

Variation in postcanine teeth is relevant to answering questions about both taxonomy and
diet. In such contexts, understanding the patterns and the amounts of variation present in a …