Palaeontological evidence for an Oligocene divergence between Old World monkeys and apes

Nature

Volumn 497, Issue 7451, 2013, Pages 611-614

  Stevens, Nancy J ^a,b   Seiffert, Erik R ^c   O'Connor, Patrick M ^a,b   Roberts, Eric M ^d   Schmitz, Mark D ^e   Krause, Cornelia ^a,b   Gorscak, Eric ^b   Ngasala, Sifa ^f   Hieronymus, Tobin L ^g   Temu, Joseph ^h  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^h Tanzania Antiquities Unit   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DENTITION; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; OLIGOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE; RIFT ZONE; TECTONICS;

APE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; HAPLORHINI; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIGRAPHY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; TANZANIA; TOOTH;

RUKWA; TANZANIA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO;

EID: 84878407766     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12161     Document Type: Article

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