Recent fossil discoveries, phylogenetic analyses, revised reconstructions of continental drift,
and accumulating molecular evidence have all yielded new information relating to …

Kinship, religion, and economy were not" natural" to humans, nor to species of apes that had
to survive on the African savanna. Society from its very beginnings involved an uneasy …

Platyrrhine primates and caviomorph rodents are clades of mammals that colonized South
America during its period of isolation from the other continents, between 100 and 3 million …

Abstract The origin of New World monkeys (Infraorder Platyrrhini) has been an extensively
debated issue. In this study, we analyzed mitochondrial genomes from Cebus (Platyrrhini) …

Diurnal light-dark cycle resets the master clock, while timed food intake is another potent
synchronizer of peripheral clocks in mammals. As the largest metabolic organ, the liver …

In various respects anthropology has developed along paths leading into isolation. It no
longer should hesitate to stake clear claims for all of primatology, now that the comforting old …

Living Anthropoidea—the group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans—has long been
recognized as a monophyletic group among primates diagnosed by a suite of features of the …

Although the evolutionary history of anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans)
appears relatively well‐documented, there is limited data available regarding their origins …

The phylogenetic relationships of the late Eocene anthropoids Catopithecus browni
andProteopithecus sylviae are currently a matter of debate, with opinion divided as to …

A central challenge in evolutionary biology is understanding how genetic mutations underlie
morphological changes. Because highly calcified enamel enables preservation of detailed …