The peculiar mammalian fauna that inhabited Afro‐Arabia during the Paleogene first came
to the attention of the scientific community in the early part of the twentieth century, when …

Questions surrounding the origin and early evolution of primates continue to be the subject
of debate. Though anatomy of the skull and inferred dietary shifts are often the focus …

Specialized acrobatic lea** has been recognized as a key adaptive trait tied to the origin
and subsequent radiation of euprimates based on its observed frequency in extant primates …

Phylogenies with estimates of divergence times are essential for investigating many
evolutionary questions. In principle,“tip-dating” is arguably the most appropriate approach …

The primate foot functions as a gras** organ. As such, its bones, soft tissues, and joints
evolved to maximize power and stability in a variety of gras** configurations. Humans are …

ABSTRACT A laterally slo** fibular facet of the astragalus (= talus) has been proposed as
one of few osteological synapomorphies of strepsirrhine primates, but the feature has never …

It has long been thought that quadrupedal primates successfully occupy arboreal
environments, in part, by relying on their gras** feet to control balance and propulsion …

The primate hand consists of five rays: a pollex containing a metacarpal and two phalanges
and four ulnar rays each containing a metacarpal and three phalanges. Morphology of these …

The oldest primates of modern aspect (euprimates) appear abruptly on the Holarctic
continents during a brief episode of global warming known as the Paleocene-Eocene …

Abstract The middle Eocene species Caenopithecus lemuroides, known solely from the
Egerkingen fissure fillings in Switzerland, was the first Paleogene fossil primate to be …