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Anthropoid Origins

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. John G. Fleagle

    1. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA

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  2. Richard F. Kay

    1. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Primatology (AIPR)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Early Radiation of Euprimates and the Initial Diversification of Omomyidae

    • Kenneth D. Rose, Marc Godinot, Thomas M. Bown
    Pages 1-28

  3. Recently Recovered Specimens of North American Eocene Omomyids and Adapids and Their Bearing on Debates about Anthropoid Origins

    • Herbert H. Covert, Blythe A. Williams
    Pages 29-54

  4. Cranial Anatomy of Shoshonius and the Antiquity of Anthropoidea

    • K. Christopher Beard, R. D. E. MacPhee
    Pages 55-97

  5. The Messel Primates and Anthropoid Origins

    • Jens Lorenz Franzen
    Pages 99-122

  6. Relative Ages of Eocene Primate-Bearing Deposits of Asia

    • Patricia A. Holroyd, Russell L. Ciochon
    Pages 123-141

  7. The Asian Origin of Anthropoidea Revisited

    • Russell L. Ciochon, Patricia A. Holroyd
    Pages 143-162

  8. Rencunius zhoui, New Primate from the Late Middle Eocene of Henan, China, and a Comparison with Some Early Anthropoidea

    • Philip D. Gingerich, Patricia A. Holroyd, Russell L. Ciochon
    Pages 163-177

  9. The Eocene Origin of Anthropoid Primates

    • Elwyn L. Simons, D. Tab Rasmussen, Thomas M. Bown, Prithijit S. Chatrath
    Pages 179-201

  10. Eocene Anthropoid Postcrania from the Eayum, Egypt

    • Daniel L. Gebo, Elwyn L. Simons, D. Tab Rasmussen, Marian Dagosto
    Pages 203-233

  11. Early North African Primates and Their Significance for the Origin of Simiiformes (= Anthropoidea)

    • Marc Godinot
    Pages 235-295

  12. Paleogeography, Paleobiogeography, and Anthropoid Origins

    • Patricia A. Holroyd, Mary C. Maas
    Pages 297-334

  13. The Different Meanings of a Tarsioid — Anthropoid Clade and a New Model of Anthropoid Origin

    • D. Tab Rasmussen
    Pages 335-360

  14. Dental Evidence for Anthropoid Origins

    • Richard F. Kay, Blythe A. Williams
    Pages 361-445

  15. Function and Fusion of the Mandibular Symphysis in Primates

    • Matthew J. Ravosa, William L. Hylander
    Pages 447-468

  16. The Craniofacial Evidence for Anthropoid and Tarsier Relationships

    • Callum Ross
    Pages 469-547

  17. Anatomy, Antinomies, and the Problem of Anthropoid Origins

    • Matt Cartmill
    Pages 549-566

  18. Postcranial Anatomy and the Origin of the Anthropoidea

    • Marian Dagosto, Daniel L. Gebo
    Pages 567-593

  19. Primitive Platyrrhines?

    • Susan M. Ford
    Pages 595-673

  20. Anthropoid Origins

    • John G. Fleagle, Richard F. Kay
    Pages 675-698
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About this book

This volume brings together information about recent discoveries and current theories concerning the origin and early evolution of anthropoid primates­ monkeys, apes, and humans. Although Anthropoidea is one of the most dis­ tinctive groups of living primates, and the origin of the group is a frequent topic of discussion in the anthropological and paleontological literature, the topic of anthropoid origins has rarely been the foeus of direct discussion in primate evolution. Rather, diseussion of anthropoid origins appears as a ma­ jor side issue in volumes dealing with the origin of platyrrhines (Ciochon and Chiarelli, 1980), in discussions about the phylogenetic position of Tarsius, in descriptions of early anthropoid fossils, and in descriptions and revisions of various fossil prosimians. As a result, the literature on anthropoid origins has a long history of argument by advocacy, in which scholars with different views have expounded individual theories based on a small bit of evidence at hand, often with little consideration of alternative views and other types of evidence that have been used in their support. This type of scholarship struck us as a relatively unproductive approach to a critical issue in primate evolution.

Editors and Affiliations

  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA

    John G. Fleagle

  • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

    Richard F. Kay

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Anthropoid Origins

  • Editors: John G. Fleagle, Richard F. Kay

  • Series Title: Advances in Primatology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9197-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44791-4Published: 31 December 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9199-0Published: 01 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9197-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 708

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Zoology

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