Fossils

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Giant" tamarin from the Miocene of Colombia. 
  • 100 years of primate paleontology. 
  • A calcaneus attributable to the primitive late Eocene anthropoid Proteopithecus sylviae: phenetic affinities and phylogenetic implications. 
  • A comment on: the instantaneous center of rotation during human jaw opening and its significance in interpreting the functional meaning of condylar translation (Chen, x., 1998, Am J phys anthropol 106:35-46) 
  • A comprehensive survey of Retzius periodicities in fossil hominins and great apes. 
  • A diminutive Pliocene guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya. 
  • A distal enhancer and an ultraconserved exon are derived from a novel retroposon. 
  • A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. 
  • A modern human humerus from the early aurignacian of Vogelherdhöhle (Stetten, Germany). 
  • A new pitheciin primate from the middle Miocene of Argentina. 
  • A partial pelvis of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • A radiation of arboreal basal eutherian mammals beginning in the Late Cretaceous of India. 
  • Alternative methods for calculating percentage prediction error and their implications for predicting body mass in fossil taxa. 
  • Ancient DNA from Megaladapis edwardsi. 
  • Ancient DNA from giant extinct lemurs confirms single origin of Malagasy primates. 
  • Anthropoid origins. 
  • Anthropology. New World monkey origins. 
  • Archaic and modern human distal humeral morphology. 
  • Assessing Bayesian Phylogenetic Information Content of Morphological Data Using Knowledge From Anatomy Ontologies. 
  • Astragalar and calcaneal morphology of the middle Eocene primate Anchomomys frontanyensis (Anchomomyini): Implications for early primate evolution. 
  • Astragalar morphology of Afradapis, a large adapiform primate from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. 
  • Auditory Morphology and Hearing Sensitivity in Fossil New World Monkeys 
  • Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo. 
  • Australopithecus sediba hand demonstrates mosaic evolution of locomotor and manipulative abilities. 
  • Australopithecus sediba: a new species of Homo-like australopith from South Africa. 
  • Biogeography in deep time - What do phylogenetics, geology, and paleoclimate tell us about early platyrrhine evolution? 
  • Body size, brain size, and sexual dimorphism in Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber. 
  • Catarrhine hallucal metatarsals from the early Miocene site of Songhor, Kenya. 
  • Cladistic analysis and anthropoid origins. 
  • Cladogenesis and replacement in the fossil record of Microsyopidae (?Primates) from the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. 
  • Comment on "Grasping primate origins". 
  • Comments on the adaptive strategy of the first African anthropoids. 
  • Comparative and population mitogenomic analyses of Madagascar's extinct, giant 'subfossil' lemurs. 
  • Craniodental and humeral morphology of a new species of Masrasector (Teratodontinae, Hyaenodonta, Placentalia) from the late Eocene of Egypt and locomotor diversity in hyaenodonts. 
  • Cryptic Patterns of Speciation in Cryptic Primates: Microendemic Mouse Lemurs and the Multispecies Coalescent. 
  • Darwinius masillae is a strepsirrhine--a reply to Franzen et al. (2009). 
  • Dehydration and persistence hunting in Homo erectus. 
  • Dental formulae and dental eruption patterns in Parapithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea). 
  • Dental microwear texture analysis and diet in the Dmanisi hominins. 
  • Dental topographic change with macrowear and dietary inference in Homunculus patagonicus. 
  • Dental topography indicates ecological contraction of lemur communities. 
  • Divergence dates for Malagasy lemurs estimated from multiple gene loci: geological and evolutionary context. 
  • Earliest record of Platychoerops (Primates, Plesiadapidae), a new species from Mouras Quarry, Mont de Berru, France. 
  • Estimating the normal background rate of species extinction. 
  • Evidence for a grooming claw in a North American adapiform primate: implications for anthropoid origins. 
  • Evidence for a single loss of mineralized teeth in the common avian ancestor. 
  • Evidence of dietary differentiation among late Paleocene-early Eocene plesiadapids (Mammalia, primates). 
  • Evolution and allometry of calcaneal elongation in living and extinct primates. 
  • Evolution of pedal grasping in Primates. 
  • Evolution of the earliest horses driven by climate change in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. 
  • Evolution. Fossils versus clocks. 
  • Expiry dates. 
  • Faunal assemblage composition and paleoenvironment of Plovers Lake, a Middle Stone Age locality in Gauteng Province, South Africa. 
  • Feeding behavior, diet, and the functional consequences of jaw form in orangutans, with implications for the evolution of Pongo. 
  • Femoral neck and shaft structure in Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber (Rising Star System, South Africa). 
  • Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms. 
  • First navicular remains of a European adapiform (Anchomomys frontanyensis) from the Middle Eocene of the Eastern Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain): implications for early primate locomotor behavior and navicular evolution. 
  • First virtual endocasts of adapiform primates. 
  • Footloose: Articular surface morphology and joint movement potential in the ankles of lorisids and cheirogaleids. 
  • Fossil lemurs from Egypt and Kenya suggest an African origin for Madagascar's aye-aye. 
  • Fossil papio cranium from !Ncumtsa (Koanaka) Hills, western Ngamiland, Botswana. 
  • Fracture mechanics, enamel thickness and the evolution of molar form in hominins. 
  • Functional associations between support use and forelimb shape in strepsirrhines and their relevance to inferring locomotor behavior in early primates. 
  • Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. 
  • Geological setting and age of Australopithecus sediba from southern Africa. 
  • Giant deep-sea protist produces bilaterian-like traces. 
  • Grasping primate origins. 
  • Hand morphology, manipulation, and tool use in Neandertals and early modern humans of the Near East. 
  • Hands of early primates. 
  • Hip extensor mechanics and the evolution of walking and climbing capabilities in humans, apes, and fossil hominins. 
  • Homo naledi pelvic remains from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. 
  • Humeral head shape as an indicator of locomotor behavior in extant strepsirhines and Eocene adapids. 
  • Hypoglossal canal size in living hominoids and the evolution of human speech. 
  • Independent evolution of knuckle-walking in African apes shows that humans did not evolve from a knuckle-walking ancestor. 
  • Inner ear evolution in primates through the Cenozoic: implications for the evolution of hearing. 
  • Internal carotid arterial canal size and scaling in Euarchonta: Re-assessing implications for arterial patency and phylogenetic relationships in early fossil primates. 
  • Intrinsic hand proportions of euarchontans and other mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of plesiadapiforms. 
  • Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominins. 
  • Lower molar shape and size in prosimian and platyrrhine primates. 
  • Lumbar vertebral morphology of flying, gliding, and suspensory mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of the subfossil lemurs Palaeopropithecus and Babakotia. 
  • Makers of the early Aurignacian of Europe. 
  • Mammals and rainfall: paleoecology of the middle Miocene at La Venta (Colombia, South America). 
  • Mandibular remains support taxonomic validity of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • Mediolateral reaction forces and forelimb anatomy in quadrupedal primates: implications for interpreting locomotor behavior in fossil primates. 
  • Molecular Clocks without Rocks: New Solutions for Old Problems. 
  • Morphological variation in Homo erectus and the origins of developmental plasticity. 
  • Morphology of the Homo naledi femora from Lesedi. 
  • Mosaic morphology in the thorax of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • Multivariate analyses of the hominid ulna from Klasies River mouth. 
  • Neandertal scapular glenoid morphology. 
  • New Australopithecus robustus fossils and associated U-Pb dates from Cooper's Cave (Gauteng, South Africa). 
  • New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates. 
  • New Uintan primates from Texas and their implications for North American patterns of species richness during the Eocene. 
  • New adapiform primate of Old World affinities from the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas. 
  • New craniodental material of Pronothodectes gaoi Fox (Mammalia, "Plesiadapiformes") and relationships among members of Plesiadapidae. 
  • New early eocene anaptomorphine primate (Omomyidae) from the Washakie Basin, Wyoming, with comments on the phylogeny and paleobiology of anaptomorphines. 
  • New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa. 
  • New fossils of Australopithecus sediba reveal a nearly complete lower back. 
  • New fossils of the oldest North American euprimate Teilhardina brandti (Omomyidae) from the paleocene-eocene thermal maximum. 
  • New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate Teilhardina from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America. 
  • New perspectives on anthropoid origins. 
  • New platyrrhine monkeys from the Solimões Formation (late Miocene, Acre State, Brazil). 
  • New postcrania of Deccanolestes from the Late Cretaceous of India and their bearing on the evolutionary and biogeographic history of euarchontan mammals. 
  • New primate first metatarsals from the Paleogene of Egypt and the origin of the anthropoid big toe. 
  • Oldest evidence for grooming claws in euprimates. 
  • Oldest known cranium of a juvenile New World monkey (Early Miocene, Patagonia, Argentina): implications for the taxonomy and the molar eruption pattern of early platyrrhines. 
  • Oldest known euarchontan tarsals and affinities of Paleocene Purgatorius to Primates. 
  • Olfactory fossa of Tremacebus harringtoni (platyrrhini, early Miocene, Sacanana, Argentina): implications for activity pattern. 
  • Origin and evolution of large brains in toothed whales. 
  • Outrage at high price paid for a fossil. 
  • Partial humeri of two Miocene Colombian primates. 
  • Particulate versus integrated evolution of the upper body in late pleistocene humans: a test of two models. 
  • Parvimico materdei gen. et sp. nov.: A new platyrrhine from the Early Miocene of the Amazon Basin, Peru. 
  • Patterns of astragalar fibular facet orientation in extant and fossil primates and their evolutionary implications. 
  • Pelvic Morphology in Homo erectus and Early Homo. 
  • Phylogenetic analysis of anthropoid relationships. 
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of East Asian evergreen oaks (Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis; Fagaceae): Insights into the Cenozoic history of evergreen broad-leaved forests in subtropical Asia. 
  • Phylogeny of extant and extinct Juglandaceae inferred from the integration of molecular and morphological data sets 
  • Physical activity alters limb bone structure but not entheseal morphology. 
  • Postcrania of the most primitive euprimate and implications for primate origins. 
  • Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia. 
  • Predicting euarchontan body mass: A comparison of tarsal and dental variables. 
  • Preliminary notes on a newly discovered skull of the extinct Hispaniolian monkey Antillothrix from Hispaniola and the origin of the Greater Antillean monkeys 
  • Primate extinction risk and historical patterns of speciation and extinction in relation to body mass. 
  • Primate origins, human origins, and the end of higher taxa. 
  • Quantification of the position and depth of the flexor hallucis longus groove in euarchontans, with implications for the evolution of primate positional behavior. 
  • Revisiting the adaptive origins of primates (again). 
  • Semicircular canal system in early primates. 
  • Sexual dimorphism in early anthropoids. 
  • Shanidar 3 Neandertal rib puncture wound and paleolithic weaponry. 
  • Single origin of Malagasy Carnivora from an African ancestor. 
  • Size and shape dimorphism in great ape mandibles and implications for fossil species recognition. 
  • Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia. 
  • Stability of forest biodiversity. 
  • Stem members of Platyrrhini are distinct from catarrhines in at least one derived cranial feature. 
  • Subsistence activities and the sexual division of labor in the European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic: evidence from upper limb enthesopathies. 
  • The Origin and Diversification of Birds. 
  • The Vindija Neanderthal scapular glenoid fossa: comparative shape analysis suggests evo-devo changes among Neanderthals. 
  • The anatomy of Dolichocebus gaimanensis, a stem platyrrhine monkey from Argentina. 
  • The cervical spine of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • The costal skeleton of Shanidar 3 and a reappraisal of Neandertal thoracic morphology. 
  • The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny. 
  • The evolution of the human pelvis: changing adaptations to bipedalism, obstetrics and thermoregulation. 
  • The evolutionary radiation of plesiadapiforms. 
  • The first hyaenodont from the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania: Paleoecological insights into the Paleogene-Neogene carnivore transition. 
  • The first major primate extinction: An evaluation of paleoecological dynamics of North American stem primates using a homology free measure of tooth shape. 
  • The foot and ankle of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • The foot of Homo naledi. 
  • The hand of Homo naledi. 
  • The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems 
  • The largest and earliest known sample of dental caries in an extinct mammal (Mammalia, Euarchonta, Microsyops latidens) and its ecological implications. 
  • The lower limb and mechanics of walking in Australopithecus sediba. 
  • The oldest Asian record of Anthropoidea. 
  • The paleobiology of Amphipithecidae, South Asian late Eocene primates. 
  • The thigh and leg of Homo naledi. 
  • The upper dentition and face of Pondaungia cotteri from central Myanmar. 
  • The upper limb of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • The upper limb of Homo naledi. 
  • The vertebrae and ribs of Homo naledi. 
  • The vertebral column of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • Throwing in the Middle and Upper Paleolithic: inferences from an analysis of humeral retroversion. 
  • To what extent did Neanderthals and modern humans interact? 
  • Trabecular architecture in the StW 352 fossil hominin calcaneus. 
  • Trabecular evidence for a human-like gait in Australopithecus africanus. 
  • Transient floral change and rapid global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. 
  • Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity. 
  • Understanding the evolution of the windlass mechanism of the human foot from comparative anatomy: Insights, obstacles, and future directions. 
  • Unique nasal turbinal morphology reveals Homunculus patagonicus functionally converged on modern platyrrhine olfactory sensitivity. 
  • Using BayesModelS to provide Bayesian- and phylogenetically-informed primate body mass predictions. 
  • Using Phylogenomic Data to Explore the Effects of Relaxed Clocks and Calibration Strategies on Divergence Time Estimation: Primates as a Test Case. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Kay, Richard Frederick, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Earth and Climate Sciences
  • Roth, V. Louise, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Williams, Blythe A., Associate Professor of the Practice Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology