Hominoids diverged from cercopithecoids during the Oligocene in Afro-Arabia, initially
radiating in that continent and subsequently dispersing into Eurasia. From the Late Miocene …

Abstract In 1871, Darwin famously opined,“In each great region of the world the living
mammals are closely related to the extinct species of the same region. It is therefore …

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Events in primate evolution are often dated by assuming a constant rate of substitution per
unit time, but the validity of this assumption remains unclear. Among mammals, it is well …

Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (~ 12 million years ago, northeastern Spain) is key to
understanding the mosaic nature of hominid (great ape and human) evolution. Notably, its …

Despite intensive study, many aspects of the evolutionary history of great apes and humans
(Hominidae) are not well understood. In particular, the phylogenetic relationships of many …

Recent humans and their fossil relatives are classified as having thick molar enamel, one of
very few dental traits that distinguish hominins from living African apes. However, little is …

Fossil evidence indicates that numerous catarrhine clades of African origin expanded or
shifted their ranges into Eurasia, among them macaques Macaca Lacépède, 1799 …

We define 17 African land mammal ages, or AFLMAs, covering the Cenozoic record of the
Afro-arabian continent, the planet's second largest land mass. While fossiliferous deposits …

Abstract Currently restricted to Southeast Asia and Africa, extant hominoids are the remnants
of a group that was much more diverse during the Miocene. Apes initially diversified in Africa …