Rocks and clocks revised
New promises and challenges in dating the primate tree of life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18995481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luca Pozzi (0000-0001-7916-0805, Department of Anthropology The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio Texas USA, corresponding author), Anna Penna (0000-0002-5147-317X, Department of Anthropology The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio Texas USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 138-153 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-1538 • E-ISSN: 1520-6505 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/evan.21940 |
| PMID | 35102633 |
| OpenAlex | W4210732414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 137 |
In recent years, multiple technological and methodological advances have increased our ability to estimate phylogenies, leading to more accurate dating of the primate tree of life. Here we provide an overview of the limitations and potentials of some of these advancements and discuss how dated phylogenies provide the crucial temporal scale required to understand primate evolution. First, we review new methods, such as the total‐evidence dating approach, that promise a better integration between the fossil record and molecular data. We then explore how the ever‐increasing availability of genomic‐level data for more primate species can impact our ability to accurately estimate timetrees. Finally, we discuss more recent applications of mutation rates to date divergence times. We highlight example studies that have applied these approaches to estimate divergence dates within primates. Our goal is to provide a critical overview of these new developments and explore the promises and challenges of their application in evolutionary anthropology
Biology · Combinatorics · Evolutionary biology · Geography · Phylogenetics · Primate · Tree (set theory) · Tree of life (biology) · Bat Biology and Ecology Studies · Ecology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Mathematics · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |