Early anthropoid primates: New data and new questions

Early anthropoid primates: New data and new questions

Although the evolutionary history of anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans) appears relatively well‐documented, there is limited data available regarding their origins and early evolution. We review and discuss here the earliest records of anthropoid primates from Asia, Africa, and South Am...

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Published in:Evolutionary anthropology Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. e22022 - n/a
Main Authors: Chaimanee, Yaowalak, Chavasseau, Olivier, Lazzari, Vincent, Soe, Aung N., Sein, Chit, Jaeger, Jean‐Jacques
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-06-2024
Wiley
Subjects:
Africa
Animals
Anthropology, Physical
Asia
Biological anthropology
Biological Evolution
Earth Sciences
Eocene
Fossils
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Oligocene
Paleontology
Phylogeny
Primates
Primates - classification
Sciences of the Universe
South America
Southeast Asia
South America
Asia
Africa
South America
Southeast Asia
Eocene
primates
Oligocene
Africa
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Summary:Although the evolutionary history of anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans) appears relatively well‐documented, there is limited data available regarding their origins and early evolution. We review and discuss here the earliest records of anthropoid primates from Asia, Africa, and South America. New fossils provide strong support for the Asian origin of anthropoid primates. However, the earliest recorded anthropoids from Africa and South America are still subject to debate, and the early evolution and dispersal of platyrhines to South America remain unclear. Because of the rarity and incomplete nature of many stem anthropoid taxa, establishing the phylogenetic relationships among the earliest anthropoids remains challenging. Nonetheless, by examining evidence from anthropoids and other mammalian groups, we demonstrate that several dispersal events occurred between South Asia and Afro‐Arabia during the middle Eocene to the early Oligocene. It is possible that a microplate situated in the middle of the Neotethys Ocean significantly reduced the distance of overseas dispersal.
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ISSN:1060-1538
1520-6505
1520-6505
DOI:10.1002/evan.22022