Basal Anthropoids from Egypt and the Antiquity of Africa's Higher Primate Radiation
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- Erik R. Seiffert
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
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- Elwyn L. Simons
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
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- William C. Clyde
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
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- James B. Rossie
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
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- Yousry Attia
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
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- Thomas M. Bown
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
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- Prithijit Chatrath
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
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- Mark E. Mathison
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK.
説明
<jats:p> Early anthropoid evolution in Afro-Arabia is poorly documented, with only a few isolated teeth known from before ∼35 million years ago. Here we describe craniodental remains of the primitive anthropoid <jats:italic>Biretia</jats:italic> from ∼37-million-year-old rocks in Egypt. <jats:italic>Biretia</jats:italic> is unique among early anthropoids in exhibiting evidence for nocturnality, but derived dental features shared with younger parapithecids draw this genus, and possibly >45-million-year-old <jats:italic>Algeripithecus</jats:italic> , into a morphologically and behaviorally diverse parapithecoid clade of great antiquity. </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Science
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Science 310 (5746), 300-304, 2005-10-14
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)