Biochronology of South African hominin-bearing sites: A reassessment using cercopithecid primates

SR Frost, FJ White, HG Reda, CC Gilbert - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - pnas.org
Despite recent advances in chronometric techniques (eg, Uranium-Lead [U-Pb], cosmogenic
nuclides, electron spin resonance spectroscopy [ESR]), considerable uncertainty remains …

A review of Theropithecus oswaldi with the proposal of a new subspecies

DA Getahun, E Delson, CM Seyoum - Journal of Human Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Theropithecus oswaldi darti, as currently understood, is the oldest Theropithecus taxon in
the fossil record and the earliest subspecies in the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage …

Baboon biogeography, divergence, and evolution: Morphological and paleoecological perspectives

S Elton, J Dunn - Journal of Human Evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
Papio originated in the early Pleistocene and diverged into multiple species, six of which are
extant. Among parapatric Papio species, there are obvious phenotypic differences that arose …

Dietary change among hominins and cercopithecids in Ethiopia during the early Pliocene

NE Levin, Y Haile-Selassie, SR Frost… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
The incorporation of C4 resources into hominin diet signifies increased dietary breadth
within hominins and divergence from the dietary patterns of other great apes. Morphological …

Evolution of the modern baboon (Papio hamadryas): A reassessment of the African Plio-Pleistocene record

CC Gilbert, SR Frost, KD Pugh, M Anderson… - Journal of Human …, 2018 - Elsevier
Baboons (Papio hamadryas) are among the most successful extant primates, with a
minimum of six distinctive forms throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. However, their presence in …

Mosaic habitats at Woranso-Mille (Ethiopia) during the Pliocene and implications for Australopithecus paleoecology and taxonomic diversity

DF Su, Y Haile-Selassie - Journal of human evolution, 2022 - Elsevier
Many important Pliocene hominin specimens have been recovered from Woranso-Mille, a
paleontological research area in the Afar region of Ethiopia, including the complete cranium …

Phylogeography, mitochondrial DNA diversity, and demographic history of geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

D Zinner, A Atickem, JC Beehner, A Bekele… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The large-bodied, terrestrial primates in the tribe Papionini are among the most intensely
studied animals in the world, yet for some members of this tribe we know comparatively little …

Morphoarchitectural variation in South African fossil cercopithecoid endocasts

A Beaudet, J Dumoncel, F De Beer, B Duployer… - Journal of Human …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the abundance of well-preserved crania and natural endocasts in the South African
Plio-Pleistocene cercopithecoid record, which provide direct information relevant to the …

Phylogenetic relationships of living and fossil African papionins: Combined evidence from morphology and molecules

KD Pugh, CC Gilbert - Journal of Human Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
African papionins are a highly successful subtribe of Old World monkeys with an extensive
fossil record. On the basis of both molecular and morphological data, crown African …

Whole mitochondrial genomic and Y-chromosomal phylogenies of Burmese long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) suggest ancient hybridization between …

K Matsudaira, Y Hamada, S Bunlungsup… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Macaca fascicularis aurea (Burmese long-tailed macaque) is 1 of the 10 subspecies of
Macaca fascicularis. Despite having few morphological differences from other subspecies, a …