Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Function and Phylogeny in Miocene Hominoids

   • Carol V. Ward, David R. Begun, Michael D. Rose

   Pages 1-12

3. Research on Miocene Hominoids and Hominid Origins

   • David Pilbeam

   Pages 13-28

4. Interrelationships between Functional Morphology and Paleoenvironments in Miocene Hominoids

   • Peter Andrews, David R. Begun, Myriam Zylstra

   Pages 29-58

5. The Early Evolution of the Hominoid Face

   • Todd C. Rae

   Pages 59-77

6. Functional and Phylogenetic Features of the Forelimb in Miocene Hominoids

   • Michael D. Rose

   Pages 79-100

7. Functional Anatomy and Phyletic Implications of the Hominoid Trunk and Hindlimb

   • Carol V. Ward

   Pages 101-130

8. Dental Evidence for Diet in Some Miocene Catarrhines with Comments on the Effects of Phylogeny on the Interpretation of Adaptation

   • Richard F. Kay, Peter S. Ungar

   Pages 131-151

9. Miocene Hominoid Mandibles

   • Barbara Brown

   Pages 153-171

10. Paleobiological and Phylogenetic Significance of Life History in Miocene Hominoids

    • Jay Kelley

    Pages 173-208

11. Proconsul

    • Alan Walker

    Pages 209-224

12. Afropithecus

    • Meave Leakey, Alan Walker

    Pages 225-239

13. On the Relationships and Adaptations of Kenyapithecus, a Large-Bodied Hominoid from the Middle Miocene of Eastern Africa

    • Monte L. McCrossin, Brenda R. Benefit

    Pages 241-267

14. The Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sivapithecus Revisited

    • Steve Ward

    Pages 269-290

15. Phyletic Affinities and Functional Convergence in Dryopithecus and Other Miocene and Living Hominids

    • David R. Begun, László Kordos

    Pages 291-316

16. The Phylogenetic and Functional Implications of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis

    • Louis de Bonis, George Koufos

    Pages 317-326

17. Enigmatic Anthropoid or Misunderstood Ape?

    • Terry Harrison, Lorenzo Rook

    Pages 327-362

18. Lufengpithecus and Hominoid Phylogeny

    • Jeffrey H. Schwartz

    Pages 363-388

19. Events in Hominoid Evolution

    • David R. Begun, Carol V. Ward, Michael D. Rose

    Pages 389-415

20. Back Matter

    Pages 417-424

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An insightful new work, Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils integrates two practices in paleobiology which are often separated - functional and phylogenetic analysis. The book summarizes the evidence on paleoenvironments at the most important Miocene hominoid sites and relates it to the pertinent fossil record. The contributors present the most up-to-date statements on the functional anatomy and likely behavior of the best known hominoids of this crucial period of ape and human evolution. A key feature is a comprehensive table listing 240 characteristics among 13 genera of living and extinct hominoids.

• adaptation
• anatomy
• behavior
• biological
• biology
• environment
• evolution
• human evolution
• iron
• morphology
• paleobiology
• phylogeny
• rose
• taxonomy

• Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  David R. Begun

• Anthropology and Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

  Carol V. Ward

• Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Injury Science, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA

  Michael D. Rose

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