David R Begun
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 80069 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David R Begun |
| NOMBRES | David R |
| APELLIDO | Begun |
| FIRMA | BEGUN D R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8916-6442 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 59 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 635 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 59 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1988 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 17 |
Comparative Sulcal Morphology of the Late Miocene Fossil Ape, Rudapithecus hungaricus
Postcranial evidence does not support habitual bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Calcar femorale variation in extant and fossil hominids
Journal of Human Evolution
Mandibular shape variation in mainland and insular hylobatids
Although hylobatids are the most speciose of the living apes, their morphological interspecies and intraspecies variation remains poorly understood. Here, we assess mandibular shape variation in two species of Hylobates , white‐handed ( Hylobates lar ) and black‐handed ( Hylobates agilis ) gibbons. Using 71 three‐dimensional landmarks to quantify mandibular shape, interspecies and intraspecies variation and geographic patterns of mandibular shape…
Ontogenetic insights into the significance of mandibular corpus shape variation in hominoids
Objectives Here, we quantify and compare the cross‐sectional shape of the mandibular corpus between M 1 and M 2 during growth in Pan paniscus , Pan troglodytes , and Pongo pygmaeus . The goal is to assess the hypothesis that the shape of the corpus is influenced by the development of permanent molars in their crypts, by examining ontogenetic changes in corpus shape and investigating covariation between corpus shape and M 2 and M 3 molar crypt for…
Skull reconstruction of the late Miocene ape Rudapithecus hungaricus from Rudabánya, Hungary
A new method to quantify mandibular corpus shape in extant great apes and its potential application to the hominoid fossil record
OBJECTIVES: Mandibular corpus robusticity (corpus breadth/corpus height) is the most commonly utilized descriptor of the mandibular corpus in the great ape and hominin fossil records. As a consequence of its contoured shape, linear metrics used to characterize mandibular robusticity are inadequate to quantify the shape of the mandibular corpus. Here, we present an alternative to the traditional assessment of mandibular shape by analyzing the outl…
Enamel thickness and dental development in Rudapithecus hungaricus
A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary
Journal of Human Evolution
Apes, Origins of
Ape evolution has been the subject of numerous publications since the first fossil apes were recognized in the nineteenth century. Recent reviews of ape evolution have focused on surveying the fossil record and integrating that with the ever‐increasing evidence from molecular systematics of evolutionary relations among living hominoids, including humans. With more than 100 species of fossils apes known and many dozens of publications on molecular…
Dental development and age at death of the holotype of Anapithecus hernyaki (RUD 9) using synchrotron virtual histology
The Real Planet of the Apes
The Real Planet of the Apes
Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids
A systematic revision of Proconsul with the description of a new genus of early Miocene hominoid
Locomotor activity influences muscle architecture and bone growth but not muscle attachment site morphology
Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids
A Companion to Paleoanthropology
"A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings representing the state-of-the-art in our knowledge relating to the study of ancient humans as found in fossil hominid evidence"
New evidence for diet and niche partitioning in Rudapithecus and Anapithecus from Rudabánya, Hungary
Dental arch restoration using tooth macrowear patterns with application to Rudapithecus hungaricus, from the late Miocene of Rudabánya, Hungary
European Miocene Hominids and the Origin of the African Ape and Human Clade
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 probable that Africa was formerly inhabited by extinct apes closely allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee; and as these two species are now man's nearest allies, it is somewhat more probable that our early progenitors lived on the African continent than elsewhere."1 Although this quot…
Knuckle-walking in Sivapithecus? The combined effects of homology and homoplasy with possible implications for pongine dispersals
Pierolapithecus locomotor adaptations
European Miocene Hominids and the Origin of the African Ape and Human Clade
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 probable that Africa was formerly inhabited by extinct apes closely allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee; and as these two species are now man's nearest allies, it is somewhat more probable that our early progenitors lived on the African continent than elsewhere."1 Although this quot…
Relations among the great apes and humans
Dryopithecus has been known longer than most fossil primate taxa, but until recently was only represented by fragmentary jaws and isolated teeth. New specimens, including postcrania and relatively complete cranial remains, provide much new evidence on the biology of Dryopithecus and its relations t o other primates. The phylogenetic evidence indicates that Dryopithecus is probably more closely related to the African apes and humans than is Sivapi…
New catarrhine phalanges from Rudabánya (Northeastern Hungary) and the problem of parallelism and convergence in hominoid postcranial morphology
Comparative and functional anatomy of Proconsul phalanges from the Kaswanga Primate Site, Rusinga Island, Kenya
The fossil remains of nine individuals attributable to the Miocene hominoid genus Proconsul were recovered during 1984 and 1985 from the Kaswanga Primate Site on Rusinga Island, Kenya. Among the thousands of bone fragments recovered were hundreds of phalangeal fragments, which have been collected and assembled into 247 separate identifiable phalanges or phalangeal fragments, representing nine of ten identified Kaswanga individuals. This sample is…
Phyletic diversity and locomotion in primitive European hominids
A major contribution of previous analyses of Miocene hominoid postcrania is the recognition of a great ape grade of locomotor morphology in the late Miocene. However, in the absence of a consideration of the taxonomic and phylogenetic implications of the specimens concerned, the importance of this conclusion remains unappreciated. This paper presents a revised view of the positional implications of late Miocene hominid fossils and considers some …
Broken fingers
Miocene Hominids and the Origins of the African Apes and Humans
In the past 20 years, new discoveries of fossil apes from the Miocene have transformed our ideas about the timing, geography, and causes of the evolution of the African apes and humans. Darwin predicted that the common ancestor of African apes and humans would be found in Africa. Yet the majority of fossil great apes are from Europe and Asia. I briefly review the fossil record of great apes and then examine the main competing hypotheses of our or…
Primates from Rudabánya
Locomotor activity influences muscle architecture and bone growth but not muscle attachment site morphology
New Miocene hominoid specimens from Can Llobateres (Vallès Penedès, Spain) and their geological and paleoecological context
A systematic revision of Proconsul with the description of a new genus of early Miocene hominoid
Sivapithecus is east and Dryopithecus is west, and never the twain shall meet
Sivapithecus and Dryopithecus are well-described Miocene hominids (great apes and humans), both known since the 19th century. Over the years these genera have been combined into one (Dryopithecus) or separated up to the subfamily level. Each have been dismissed as interesting side branches, hailed as direct ancestors, or recognized as sister clades to one or more clade of extant hominid. Here I argue that they are each stem taxa of the two living…
The oldest Eurasian hominoid
Catarrhine phalanges from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of Rudabánya, Hungary
A new cranium of Dryopithecus from Rudabánya, Hungary
Revision of Dryopithecus brancoi SCHLOSSER, 1901 based on the fossil hominoid material from Rudabánya
How to identify (as opposed to define) a homoplasy
A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary
Pierolapithecus locomotor adaptations
Late Miocene European orang-utans, gorillas, humans, or none of the above
Dental development and life history in Anapithecus hernyaki
Late Miocene hominid biogeography
Dental arch restoration using tooth macrowear patterns with application to Rudapithecus hungaricus, from the late Miocene of Rudabánya, Hungary
Knuckle-walking in Sivapithecus? The combined effects of homology and homoplasy with possible implications for pongine dispersals
New primate carpal bones from Rudabánya (late Miocene, Hungary)
Catarrhine phalanges from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of Rudabánya, Hungary
New Miocene hominoid specimens from Can Llobateres (Vallès Penedès, Spain) and their geological and paleoecological context
European Miocene catarrhine diversity
Miocene Fossil Hominids and the Chimp-Human Clade
Miocene hominoids from Europe are among the earliest members of the great ape and human clade (the Hominidae). One of these forms, represented by well-preserved cranial remains from Rudabánya, Hungary, sheds new light on the question of the evolutionary relations among living hominids. This new evidence supports the view that humans have a specific evolutionary relation with chimpanzees, to the exclusion of all other apes.
Phyletic diversity and locomotion in primitive European hominids
A major contribution of previous analyses of Miocene hominoid postcrania is the recognition of a great ape grade of locomotor morphology in the late Miocene. However, in the absence of a consideration of the taxonomic and phylogenetic implications of the specimens concerned, the importance of this conclusion remains unappreciated. This paper presents a revised view of the positional implications of late Miocene hominid fossils and considers some …
Revision of Dryopithecus brancoi SCHLOSSER, 1901 based on the fossil hominoid material from Rudabánya
New catarrhine phalanges from Rudabánya (Northeastern Hungary) and the problem of parallelism and convergence in hominoid postcranial morphology
Relations among the great apes and humans
Dryopithecus has been known longer than most fossil primate taxa, but until recently was only represented by fragmentary jaws and isolated teeth. New specimens, including postcrania and relatively complete cranial remains, provide much new evidence on the biology of Dryopithecus and its relations t o other primates. The phylogenetic evidence indicates that Dryopithecus is probably more closely related to the African apes and humans than is Sivapi…
Comparative and functional anatomy of Proconsul phalanges from the Kaswanga Primate Site, Rusinga Island, Kenya
The fossil remains of nine individuals attributable to the Miocene hominoid genus Proconsul were recovered during 1984 and 1985 from the Kaswanga Primate Site on Rusinga Island, Kenya. Among the thousands of bone fragments recovered were hundreds of phalangeal fragments, which have been collected and assembled into 247 separate identifiable phalanges or phalangeal fragments, representing nine of ten identified Kaswanga individuals. This sample is…
The significance of Otavipithecus namibiensis to interpretations of hominoid evolution
Late Miocene European orang-utans, gorillas, humans, or none of the above
A new reconstruction of RUD 77, a partial cranium ofDryopithecus brancoi from Rudabánya, Hungary
A newly reconstructed cranium (RUD 77) of the Miocene fossil hominoid Dryopithecus, formerly Rudapithecus (Kretzoi [1969] Symp. Biol. Hung. 9:3-11; Begun and Kordos [1993] J. Hum. Evol. 25:271-286) is presented here. This specimen, from the late Miocene locality of Rudabánya, in northeastern Hungary, consists of portions of the neurocranium, face, and postcanine dentition. Newly recovered portions of the parietal, occipital, temporal, zygomatic, …
Restoration of the type and palate ofAnkarapithecus meteai
A small number of large hominoid specimens are known from the late Miocene of Turkey. (This paper focuses on the two specimens known until 1996. New fossils described by Alpagut et al. ([1996] Nature 382:349-351) are briefly discussed in this paper as well.) Among these, a fragmentary mandible is the type specimen of Ankarapithecus meteai. Another specimen, a partial face, is from the same taxon. Based on the morphology of this face, Ankarapithec…
The human career
The human career
Origin of human bipedalism
Some of the most long-standing questions in paleoanthropology concern how and why human bipedalism evolved. Over the last century, many hypotheses have been offered on the mode of locomotion from which bipedalism originated. Candidate ancestral adaptations include monkey-like arboreal or terrestrial quadrupedalism, gibbon- or orangutan-like (or other forms of) climbing and suspension, and knuckle-walking. This paper reviews the history of these h…
Origin of human bipedalism
Some of the most long-standing questions in paleoanthropology concern how and why human bipedalism evolved. Over the last century, many hypotheses have been offered on the mode of locomotion from which bipedalism originated. Candidate ancestral adaptations include monkey-like arboreal or terrestrial quadrupedalism, gibbon- or orangutan-like (or other forms of) climbing and suspension, and knuckle-walking. This paper reviews the history of these h…
The oldest Eurasian hominoid
A new cranium of Dryopithecus from Rudabánya, Hungary
Primates from Rudabánya
Rudabánya
Rudabánya, a rich late Miocene fossil site in northern central Hungary, has yielded an abundant record of fossil primates, including the primitive catarrhine Anapithecus and the early great ape Dryopithecus. While the affinities of Anapithecus are not clear, Dryopithecus is clearly a great ape sharing numerous characteristics of its dental, cranial and postcranial anatomy with living great apes. Like all Miocene hominids (great apes and humans), …
Planet of the Apes
Knuckle-Walking and the Origin of Human Bipedalism
The three "Cs" of behavioral reconstruction in fossil primates
Late Miocene hominid biogeography
Biology (49 obras) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (44 obras) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (40 obras) · Evolutionary biology (36 obras) · Paleontology (35 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (34 obras) · Paleontology (30 obras) · Zoology (28 obras) · Taxon (22 obras) · Anatomy (17 obras)