▪ Abstract Anthropoidea is a clade of primates including Platyrrhini and Catarrhini. Definitive
fossil anthropoids include the early Oligocene Propliopithecidae and the late Eocene–early …

Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Third Edition, is a thorough revision of the text of choice
for courses in primate evolution. The book retains its grounding in the extant primate groups …

Following our traditional concept of Mammalia, and thus including a number of forms known
only by fossils of the Mesozoic, the earliest mammals are from the Late Triassic, a bit over …

Homoplasy has been a prominent issue in primate systematics and phylogeny for as long as
people have been studying human evolution. In the past, homoplasy, in the form of parallel …

In the tradition of GG Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of
Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious KT …

Maelestes gobiensis, is the second new eutherian mammal to be named from the rich
Mongolian Late Cretaceous locality of Ukhaa Tolgod, Ukhaatherium nessovi, being the first …

Abstract Knowledge of the degree to which various subsets of morphological data reflect
molecular relationships is crucial for studies attempting to estimate genetic relationships …

We report new evidence that bears decisively on a long-standing controversy in primate
systematics. DNA sequence data for the complete cytochrome b gene, combined with an …

Rhombomylus is a gliroid mammal endemic to several early Eocene localities of central and
eastern Asia. It is best represented by a collection of numerous jaws and teeth, dozens of …

Vincelestes neuquenianus from the Early Cretaceous of Argentina is the earliest therian
mammal known from nearly complete crania. Described here is the structure of the petrosal …