Anthropoid Origins: A Phylogenetic Analysis

摘要: Living Anthropoidea—the group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans—has long been recognized as a monophyletic among primates diagnosed by suite of features the skull, dentition, postcranium. Likewise it is agreed there are two groups living anthropoids—the Central South American Platyrrhini (New World monkeys) African Eurasian Catarrhini (Old “apes,” humans). As well, most paleontologists neontologists agree Tarsius closest relative anthropoids strepsirrhines, lemurs lorises, more distantly related (but see Eizirik et al., this volume for different view). Paleontologists also generally accept following “facts”: The oldest relatives occur in Asian middle Eocene. The undisputed fossil record from late Eocene localities Afro-Arabia. Platyrrhines first appear Oligocene America catarrhine acknowledged all to include Propliopithecidae early Egypt Oman.