New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution

2017/08/01 by Isaiah Nengo, Paul Tafforeau, Christopher C. Gilbert +13 · 5 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · #Archaeology #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biological evolution #Biology #Clade #Dentition #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Fossil Record #Geography #Hominidae #Homo sapiens #Late Miocene #Old World #Paleontology #Phylogenetics #Postcrania #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Skull #Synapomorphy #Taxon #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1038/nature23456

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Citations

• Applications of X-ray synchrotron microtomography for non-destructive 3D studies of paleontological specimens
• Origin of the hominidae: The record of african large hominoid evolution between 14 my and 4 my
• Body mass in comparative primatology

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