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

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 …

Recent fossil discoveries, phylogenetic analyses, revised reconstructions of continental drift,
and accumulating molecular evidence have all yielded new information relating to …

Diurnal light-dark cycle resets the master clock, while timed food intake is another potent
synchronizer of peripheral clocks in mammals. As the largest metabolic organ, the liver …

Profound environmental and faunal changes are associated with climatic deterioration
during the Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) roughly 34 million years ago. Reconstructing …

Abstract Murid rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) represent the most diverse and abundant
mammalian family. In this study, we provide a refined set of fossil calibrations which is used …

Adaptive shifts associated with human origins are brought to light as we examine the human
fossil record and study our own genome and that of our closest ape relatives. However, the …

A new genus and species of anthropoid primate, Bahinia pondaungensis gen. et sp. nov., is
described from the Yashe Kyitchaung locality in the Late Middle Eocene Pondaung …

Over the last 90 years, Eocene and Oligocene aged sediments in the Fayum Depression of
Egypt have yielded at least 17 genera of fossil primates. However, of this diverse sample the …

Living Anthropoidea—the group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans—has long been
recognized as a monophyletic group among primates diagnosed by a suite of features of the …