A bias favoring tree‐dominated habitats and ripe‐fruit frugivory has persisted in great ape
evolution since the early Miocene. This bias is indicated by fossil ape paleoenvironments …

Rudabánya is a rich late Miocene fossil locality first exploited for its vertebrate remains by
Pethö in 1902. The first fossil primate was discovered by the local Chief Mining Geologist …

Extant apes (Primates: Hominoidea) are the relics of a group that was much more diverse in
the past. They originated in Africa around the Oligocene/Miocene boundary, but by the …

The Pre-Messinian land mammal localities of Italy contribute substantial information for
reconstructing the complex history of the land masses of the central Mediterranean. At the …

Phylogenetic relationships among extinct hominoids (apes and humans) are controversial
due to pervasive homoplasy and the incompleteness of the fossil record. The bony labyrinth …

Abstract The inner Northern Apennines (western Tuscany and Tyrrhenian basin) is
characterized by a relatively thin continental crust (∼ 20–25 km), high heat flow (> 100 mW …

This paper and the associated 1: 50,000 geological map are devoted to describe the
geological features of the Monte Amiata region. The tectono-stratigraphic setting of Monte …

It is generally assumed that the Neogene crocodylian fauna of Europe has been
represented only by brevirostrine alligatoroid Diplocynodon and longirostrine false gharials …

A hominid upper premolar was discovered in the Azmaka quarry, near Chirpan (Bulgaria).
The associated fauna, especially the co-occurrence of Choerolophodon and Anancus …

This paper reports the results of a study of more than 2400 specimens in the collection of
fossil vertebrates from Fiume Santo in north‐west Sardinia. This locality represents the …