Fossils are rare because their formation and discovery depend on chains of ecological and geological events that occur over deep time. Only a small fraction of the primates that have ever lived has ...
Adaptation and behavior in the primate fossil record / Callum F. Ross ... [et al.] -- Functional morphology and in vivo bone strain patterns in the craniofacial region of primates: beware of ...
Crania, ulnae, and femora of (left to right): a chimpanzee, Sahelanthropus, and Australopithecus. (Courtesy of Scott Williams/NYU and Jason Heaton/University of Alabama Birmingham.) (CN) — The ability ...
It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...
The evolutionary journey from primitive plesiadapiforms to early primates during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs represents a critical chapter in mammalian history. Fossil records from these periods ...
Beyond the research on bone morphology, a UB-led study focuses on soft tissues and expands the methodological tools for understanding how fossil hominids moved throughout the evolution of the human ...
A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.
The origin of primates / David Tab Rasmussen -- The earliest fossil primates and the evolution of prosimians / Herbert H. Covert -- Adapiformes: phylogeny and adaptation / Daniel L Gebo -- ...
Ian Towle receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). Luca Fiorenza receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). For decades, small grooves on ...