New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution

I Nengo, P Tafforeau, CC Gilbert, JG Fleagle, ER Miller… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The evolutionary history of extant hominoids (humans and apes) remains poorly understood.
The African fossil record during the crucial time period, the Miocene epoch, largely …

The evolution of vertebral formulae in Hominoidea

NE Thompson, S Almécija - Journal of Human Evolution, 2017 - Elsevier
Primate vertebral formulae have long been investigated because of their link to locomotor
behavior and overall body plan. Knowledge of the ancestral vertebral formulae in the …