Phyletic diversity and locomotion in primitive European hominids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8317835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David R Begun (0000-0001-8916-6442, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 311-340 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| 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/ajpa.1330870307 |
| PMID | 1562059 |
| OpenAlex | W1967863842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 53 |
| References cited | 28 |
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 of the taxonomic and phyletic implications of these specimens. The taxonomic status of a number of large catarrhine specimens from Europe (attributed to Dryopithecus , Sivapithecus , Austriacopithecus , Paidopithex , Rudapithecus ) is discussed. The functional and phyletic significance of this material reveals a complex pattern of behavioral and phyletic diversity among large‐bodied catarrhines in Europe and suggests that this diversity evolved in situ from circum‐Mediterranean middle Miocene ancestors
Biology · Evolutionary biology · Late Miocene · Phyletic gradualism · Phylogenetic tree · Postcrania · Structural basin · Taxon · Zoology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids
Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids
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Postcranial and Locomotor Adaptations of Hominoids
Postcranial and Locomotor Adaptations of Hominoids
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Updated chronology for the Miocene hominoid radiation in Western Eurasia
A new technique for measurements on long bones
New primate carpal bones from Rudabánya (late Miocene, Hungary)
Broken fingers
Estimating humeral torsion on incomplete fossil anthropoid humeri
New forelimb long bone specimens of Nacholapithecus kerioi from the Middle Miocene of northern Kenya
Forelimb long bones of Nacholapithecus (KNM-BG 35250) from the middle Miocene in Nachola, northern Kenya
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A partial hominoid humerus from the middle miocene of Castell de Barberà (Vallès‐Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain)
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Taxonomic affinities of the Eppelsheim femur
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The thumb of Miocene apes
New femoral remains of Nacholapithecus kerioi
Nacholapithecus skeleton from the Middle Miocene of Kenya
A revised systematic scheme for the Eurasian Miocene fossil Hominidae
Locomotor inferences in Pierolapithecus and Hispanopithecus
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Nacholapithecus and its importance for understanding hominoid evolution
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The phylogenetic position of Morotopithecus
The hominoid proximal radius
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Associated cranial and forelimb remains attributed to Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia
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Femoral neck cortical bone distribution of dryopithecin apes and the evolution of hominid locomotion
Systematics of Miocene apes
Middle Miocene Pierolapithecus provides a first glimpse into early hominid pelvic morphology
Loss of the subarcuate fossa and the phylogeny of Nacholapithecus
A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary
Ulnar morphology of Pliobates cataloniae (Pliopithecoidea)
A proximal radius of Barberapithecus huerzeleri from Castell de Barberà
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The phylogenetic relationships of the early catarrhine primates
Ancestors
Evolutionary history of the primates
The relative thickness of the long bones and the vertebrae in primates
A new look at Kenyapithecus based on recent discoveries in Western Kenya
New Miocene hominoid specimens from Can Llobateres (Vallès Penedès, Spain) and their geological and paleoecological context
Cladistic relationships of extant and fossil hominoids
Request for articles on sexual dimorphism in higher primates
Catarrhine phalanges from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of Rudabánya, Hungary
Another look at the anthropoid elbow
Molecules and morphology in evolution
| Unique citing works | 53 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,56 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2025 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 52 |