Martin Pickford
Biographic Data
| ID | 79727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Pickford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Pickford |
| SIGNATURE | PICKFORD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut de Paléontologie Humaine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9017-1107 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 270 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Muddying the muddle in the middle even more
In an Evolutionary Anthropology article Roksandic et al. (2022) propose a new middle Pleistocene hominin species H. bodoensis to replace a “poorly defined” Homo heidelbergenis . Homo bodoensis extends from the African Middle Pleistocene through the Levant to South‐eastern Europe with all currently classified H. heidelbergensis fossils from western Europe subsumed into Homo neandertalensis . The authors claim their new species will be more clearly…
Neolithic long-distance exchanges in Southern Arabia: A supposed road for the ‘Jade’ axes
Le Rift est-africain: Une singularité plurielle
De la Corne de l’Afrique aux Grands Lacs, de l’Éthiopie au Mozambique, le Rift est-africain s’étend en une succession de dépressions, de hauts plateaux, de lacs et de volcans, le long d’une fracture majeure du continent africain. Tel un grand livre ouvert, le Rift s’offre comme un vaste laboratoire naturel permettant de retracer l’histoire de notre planète, de comprendre l’évolution de l’écorce terrestre, la formation des océans et des volcans. L…
Femur length, body mass, and stature estimates of Orrorin tugenensis, a 6 Ma hominid from Kenya
Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds
Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds (Developments in Primatology: (Progress and Prospects)
Incisor-molar relationships in chimpanzees and other hominoids: Implications for diet and phylogeny
Catarrhines from the Middle Miocene (ca. 14.5 Ma) of Kipsaraman, Tugen Hills, Kenya
The discovery of a rich and diverse vertebrate fauna in the Middle Miocene Muruyur Formation (ca. 14.5 Ma), Tugen Hills, Kenya, provides a rare view of the structure of the catarrhine fauna from this time period. Up to 2002, more than 140 catarrhine specimens have been collected from three sites (Kipsaraman, Keturo, and Cheparawa) represented by 199 teeth. At least six taxa are present, five 'apes' (hominoids sensu lato) and one cercopithecoid. T…
Hominoid teeth with chimpanzee- and gorilla-like features from the Miocene of Kenya: Implications for the chronology of ape-human divergence and biogeography of Miocene hominoids
One of the major lacunae in our knowledge of African hominoid evolution concerns the origins of the chimpanzee and gorilla. Several thousand specimens from the Plio–Pleistocene of Africa have been attributed to Hominidae (sensu stricto) of which only a few, including Ardipithecus ramidus, have been re-interpreted by some authors as possibly representing an ape rather than a hominid (Senut, 1998). Four recently discovered ape-like specimens from t…
Bipedalism in Orrorin tugenensis revealed by its femora
Three fragments of femora of Orrorin tugenensis, a 6 Ma hominid from the Lukeino Formation, Kenya, possesses a suite of derived characters that reveal that the species was habitually bipedal. Detailed anatomical comparisons with modern humans, Australopithecines and Miocene and extant African apes, reveal that Orrorin shares several apomorphic features with Australopithecines and Homo, but none with Pan or Gorilla. Within the Hominidae, the femur…
Palaeoenvironments and hominoid evolution
One of the key features that separates humans and their closest relatives (extinct species of the genus Homo and Praeanthropus and the australopithecines Australopithecus and Paranthropus) on the one hand, from the other hominoids, on the other, is their obligate bipedal locomotion when on the ground. This major difference from the generally quadrupedal locomotion practiced by other hominoids (Pan, Gorilla, Pongo and many extinct lineages) is ref…
New reconstruction of the moroto hominoid snout and a reassessment of its affinities toAfropithecus turkanensis
The geological context of the Kanapoi fossil hominids
Brief communication: New primate remains from the Miocene of Namibia, Southern Africa
Miocene primates from southern Africa are extremely rare. For this reason we wish to place on record several interesting new fossil primate specimens recently recovered from the Miocene sites of Berg Aukas and Harasib in the Otavi Mountain region of northern Namibia. The new finds consist of a virtually complete atlas vertebra from Berg Aukas attributable to the hominoid Otavipithecus namibiensis and two teeth and four postcranial fragments from …
Diamonds in the desert: The discovery of Otavipithecus namibiensis
The mountains and deserts of Namibia hide many treasures—diamonds, gold, uranium, strategic minerals. But on the afternoon of June 4, 1991, we were searching Namibia's mountains for a rarer kind of stone, fossilized evidence of human evolution in southern Africa. What we found instead was the rarest “diamond” of all, one that no one had ever seen before on the African continent south of equatorial East Africa. What we found was incontrovertible e…
Primate bearing Plio-Pleistocene cave deposits of Humpata, Southern Angola
Paradise lost: Mitochondrial eve refuted
Dynamics of Old World Biogeographic Realms During the Neogene: Implications for Biostratigraphy
Uplift of the roof of africa and its bearing on the evolution of mankind
Hominid origins: Neontology, palaeontology, palaoenvironment & history
Geology and fauna of the middle Miocene hominoid site at Muruyur, Baringo district, Kenya
Major stages in the evolution of primate neurocrania
Balzan prize
Vol. 8 cainozoic paleontological sites of Western Kenya
The chronology of the cercopithecoidea of East Africa
A new look at Kenyapithecus based on recent discoveries in Western Kenya
Preliminary Miocene mammalian biostratigraphy for Western Kenya
Miocene fossil cercopithecoids from Kenya
Fossil cercopithecoid material from Ngeringerowa, Ngorora, and Nakali, dated at between 8.5 and 10.5 m.y., is described. The specimens are the only cercopithecoid remains dated between 15 and 6 m.y. from sub‐Saharan Africa. The mandible of asmall colobine from Ngeringerowa (similar in size to Colobus verus ) is assigned to a new genus and species, Microcolobus tugenensis . Unlike other colobine genera, the symphysis of Microcolobus lacks an infer…
Hominoid teeth with chimpanzee- and gorilla-like features from the Miocene of Kenya: Implications for the chronology of ape-human divergence and biogeography of Miocene hominoids
One of the major lacunae in our knowledge of African hominoid evolution concerns the origins of the chimpanzee and gorilla. Several thousand specimens from the Plio–Pleistocene of Africa have been attributed to Hominidae (sensu stricto) of which only a few, including Ardipithecus ramidus, have been re-interpreted by some authors as possibly representing an ape rather than a hominid (Senut, 1998). Four recently discovered ape-like specimens from t…
The Tinderet Miocence sequence in Kenya
New higher primate fossils from the middle miocene deposits at Majiwa and Kaloma, Western Kenya
This paper records new ramapithecine and dryopithecine fossils and localities in Kenya and discusses their geological, paleoenvironmental and faunal contexts. Descriptions of the primate specimens are followed by comparisons with other Kenya and Pakistan material. The taxonomic and phylogenetic significance of the new material is discussed
Catarrhines from the Middle Miocene (ca. 14.5 Ma) of Kipsaraman, Tugen Hills, Kenya
The discovery of a rich and diverse vertebrate fauna in the Middle Miocene Muruyur Formation (ca. 14.5 Ma), Tugen Hills, Kenya, provides a rare view of the structure of the catarrhine fauna from this time period. Up to 2002, more than 140 catarrhine specimens have been collected from three sites (Kipsaraman, Keturo, and Cheparawa) represented by 199 teeth. At least six taxa are present, five 'apes' (hominoids sensu lato) and one cercopithecoid. T…
A hominoid humeral fragment from the Pliocene of Kenya
The purpose of this communication is to describe and provide a preliminary interpretation of a hominoid proximal humeral fragment recovered from sediments more than 4.0 m.y. old in the Baringo District, Kenya. The geological and chronological context of the fossil is examined and associated fauna is analyzed
Hominoid primates from a new Miocene locality named Meswa Bridge in Kenya
Femur length, body mass, and stature estimates of Orrorin tugenensis, a 6 Ma hominid from Kenya
New reconstruction of the moroto hominoid snout and a reassessment of its affinities toAfropithecus turkanensis
On the origins of body size dimorphism in primates
Diamonds in the desert: The discovery of Otavipithecus namibiensis
The mountains and deserts of Namibia hide many treasures—diamonds, gold, uranium, strategic minerals. But on the afternoon of June 4, 1991, we were searching Namibia's mountains for a rarer kind of stone, fossilized evidence of human evolution in southern Africa. What we found instead was the rarest “diamond” of all, one that no one had ever seen before on the African continent south of equatorial East Africa. What we found was incontrovertible e…
Fort Ternan (Kenya) palaeoecology
Primate bearing Plio-Pleistocene cave deposits of Humpata, Southern Angola
Geology and fauna of the middle Miocene hominoid site at Muruyur, Baringo district, Kenya
Sexual dimorphism in proconsul
Uplift of the roof of africa and its bearing on the evolution of mankind
The chronology of the cercopithecoidea of East Africa
The diversity, zoogeography and geochronology of monkeys
On the status of Mabokopithecus clarki
Neolithic long-distance exchanges in Southern Arabia: A supposed road for the ‘Jade’ axes
Sexual dimorphism in primates: Where are we and where do we go from here
Hominoid primates from a new Miocene locality named Meswa Bridge in Kenya
The Tinderet Miocence sequence in Kenya
Preliminary Miocene mammalian biostratigraphy for Western Kenya
New higher primate fossils from the middle miocene deposits at Majiwa and Kaloma, Western Kenya
This paper records new ramapithecine and dryopithecine fossils and localities in Kenya and discusses their geological, paleoenvironmental and faunal contexts. Descriptions of the primate specimens are followed by comparisons with other Kenya and Pakistan material. The taxonomic and phylogenetic significance of the new material is discussed
A hominoid humeral fragment from the Pliocene of Kenya
The purpose of this communication is to describe and provide a preliminary interpretation of a hominoid proximal humeral fragment recovered from sediments more than 4.0 m.y. old in the Baringo District, Kenya. The geological and chronological context of the fossil is examined and associated fauna is analyzed
A new look at Kenyapithecus based on recent discoveries in Western Kenya
Request for articles on sexual dimorphism in higher primates
On the status of Mabokopithecus clarki
Hominoids from the Miocene of East Africa and the phyletic position of Kenyapithecus
Several factors permit a reassessment of the phyletic position of Kenyapithecus. Of the greatest importance has been the discovery of many new specimens at Maboko and Nachola in Ke nya. Up to 1980 the genus was represented by nine fragments only which was an inadequate sample for many purposes including the study of variation in the two species K. wickeri and if. africanus, or of making useful comparisons with Sivapithecus (and Ramapithecus) with…
Platyrrhine origins: Monophyletic or polyphyletic
Sexual dimorphism in proconsul
Sexual dimorphism in primates: Where are we and where do we go from here
On the origins of body size dimorphism in primates
Miocene fossil cercopithecoids from Kenya
Fossil cercopithecoid material from Ngeringerowa, Ngorora, and Nakali, dated at between 8.5 and 10.5 m.y., is described. The specimens are the only cercopithecoid remains dated between 15 and 6 m.y. from sub‐Saharan Africa. The mandible of asmall colobine from Ngeringerowa (similar in size to Colobus verus ) is assigned to a new genus and species, Microcolobus tugenensis . Unlike other colobine genera, the symphysis of Microcolobus lacks an infer…
Vol. 8 cainozoic paleontological sites of Western Kenya
The chronology of the cercopithecoidea of East Africa
Affinities ofSivaladapis, Indraloris andSinoadapis
The diversity, zoogeography and geochronology of monkeys
Fort Ternan (Kenya) palaeoecology
Geology and fauna of the middle Miocene hominoid site at Muruyur, Baringo district, Kenya
Major stages in the evolution of primate neurocrania
Balzan prize
Hominid origins: Neontology, palaeontology, palaoenvironment & history
Dynamics of Old World Biogeographic Realms During the Neogene: Implications for Biostratigraphy
Uplift of the roof of africa and its bearing on the evolution of mankind
Biology (33 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (25 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (23 works) · Geography (22 works) · Paleontology (19 works) · Paleontology (17 works) · Evolutionary biology (15 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Ecology (14 works) · Zoology (13 works)