Reconstructing the Diets of Fossil Primates

摘要: Feeding adaptations are of great interest to primatologists whether they study living or fossil species. Diet both underlies many the behavioral and ecological differences that separate extant taxa, plays an important role in defining niche, with all its implications for ecology evolution extinct forms. While we can directly observe most primates see what eat, deductions about diets fossils must be based on indirect evidence. Most recent work this domain has employed comparative method. Researchers attempt relate anatomical evidence diet form a baseline inference feeding behaviors from remains The idea is simple enough. We manifestation some feature fossil, look corresponding condition primates. If every time trait it functions given way, assume functioned way form.