First hominoid from the Miocene of Ethiopia and the evolution of the catarrhine elbow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18929752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian G Richmond (0000-0001-5014-5580, Smithsonian Institution, corresponding author), J G Fleagle (0000-0003-3162-808X, State University of New York), J Kappelman (0000-0002-8058-0564, The University of Texas at Austin), Carl C Swisher (Berkeley Geochronology Center) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 257-277 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199803)105:3<257::aid-ajpa1>3.0.co;2-p |
| PMID | 9545073 |
| OpenAlex | W2016374553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 69 |
The first known fossil ape from the early-middle Miocene of Fejej, Ethiopia, is described here. The specimen, FJ-18SB-68, is a partial ulna from a locality dated by 40Ar/39Ar and paleomagnetic methods to a minimum age of 16.18 MYA. Compared to a variety of extant and fossil ulnae, FJ-18SB-68 is most similar to Turkanapithecus, Proconsul, and Pliopithecus, and appears to have been an arboreal quadruped with substantial forearm rotational mobility. Among the extant ulnae, canonical variates analysis successfully discriminates platyrrhines from catarrhines and within the latter, cercopithecoids from hominoids. Basal catarrhines (e.g., Aegyptopithecus) are platyrrhine-like in their morphology. Two basic trends appear to evolve from this generalized template: one with less mobile and more habitually pronated forearms, as seen in living and fossil cercopithecoids (including Victoriapithecus and Paracolobus), and another with greater forearm rotational mobility in fossil and modern hominoids. Primitive Miocene apes, including Proconsul, Turkanapithecus, and FJ-18SB-68, share with extant hominoids a more laterally positioned and laterally facing radial notch and an incipient trochlear keel. This morphology, along with a large insertion area for m. brachialis, suggests a departure from the more habitually pronated hand posture of monkeys and may indicate greater climbing abilities in these arboreally quadrupedal apes. Later Miocene apes, such as Oreopithecus and Dryopithecus share additional morphological features with hominoids, indicating considerable suspensory and climbing capabilities
Arboreal locomotion · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Extant taxon · Late Miocene · Postcrania · Quadrupedalism · Taxon · Theria · Zoology · Anatomy · Ecology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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