scholarly journals Extinction of Siwalik fossil apes: a review based on a new fossil tooth and on palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological evidence

2005 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAJEEV PATNAIK ◽  
DAVID CAMERON ◽  
J.C. SHARMA ◽  
JACOB HOGARTH
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Apes

Fossil Apes

1988 ◽  
pp. 363-396
Author(s):  
John G. Fleagle
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Apes

scholarly journals The evolution of the vestibular apparatus in apes and humans

eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Urciuoli ◽  
Clément Zanolli ◽  
Amélie Beaudet ◽  
Jean Dumoncel ◽  
Frédéric Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Phylogenetic Signal ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Vestibular Apparatus ◽  
Likelihood Methods ◽  
Geometric Morphometric ◽  
Bony Labyrinth ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Methods ◽  
Geometric Morphometric Analysis ◽  
Fossil Apes

Phylogenetic relationships among extinct hominoids (apes and humans) are controversial due to pervasive homoplasy and the incompleteness of the fossil record. The bony labyrinth might contribute to this debate, as it displays strong phylogenetic signal among other mammals. However, the potential of the vestibular apparatus for phylogenetic reconstruction among fossil apes remains understudied. Here we test and quantify the phylogenetic signal embedded in the vestibular morphology of extant anthropoids (monkeys, apes and humans) and two extinct apes (Oreopithecus and Australopithecus) as captured by a deformation-based 3D geometric morphometric analysis. We also reconstruct the ancestral morphology of various hominoid clades based on phylogenetically-informed maximum likelihood methods. Besides revealing strong phylogenetic signal in the vestibule and enabling the proposal of potential synapomorphies for various hominoid clades, our results confirm the relevance of vestibular morphology for addressing the controversial phylogenetic relationships of fossil apes.

Cranial evidence of the evolution of intelligence in fossil apes

2004 ◽  
pp. 260-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Begun ◽  
László Kordos
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Apes

The Fossil Apes of Lake Victoria

1950 ◽  
Vol 5 (20) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. S. B. Leakey
Keyword(s):  
Lake Victoria ◽  
Fossil Apes
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