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Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids

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  • Jean-Jacques Jaeger

    (Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France)

  • K. Christopher Beard

    (Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 USA)

  • Yaowalak Chaimanee

    (Paleontology Section, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand)

  • Mustafa Salem

    (Al Fateh University)

  • Mouloud Benammi

    (Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France)

  • Osama Hlal

    (Al Fateh University)

  • Pauline Coster

    (Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France)

  • Awad A. Bilal

    (Garyounis University)

  • Philippe Duringer

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg UMR 7516, Institut de Géologie, 1 rue Blessig, 67084 Strasbourg, France)

  • Mathieu Schuster

    (Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France)

  • Xavier Valentin

    (Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France)

  • Bernard Marandat

    (Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, CNRS UMR 5554, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France)

  • Laurent Marivaux

    (Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, CNRS UMR 5554, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France)

  • Eddy Métais

    (Groupe ‘TOTAL’, 2 Place J. Millier, la Défense 6, 92400 Courbevoie, France)

  • Omar Hammuda

    (Al Fateh University)

  • Michel Brunet

    (Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
    Chaire de Paléontologie Humaine, Collège de France, Place M. Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France)

Abstract

Early diversity in African anthropoids The origin of the anthropoids — higher primates including monkeys, apes and humans — is shrouded in mystery. Fossils from the Eocene of Africa have suggested that they originated in that continent, but this has been challenged by discoveries in Asia. The game is changed by the discovery of several species of anthropoid primate from the Eocene of Libya, each belonging to a distinct group. This suggests that the anthropoids diverged early — possibly in Asia, migrating to Africa along with other kinds of mammal.

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  • Jean-Jacques Jaeger & K. Christopher Beard & Yaowalak Chaimanee & Mustafa Salem & Mouloud Benammi & Osama Hlal & Pauline Coster & Awad A. Bilal & Philippe Duringer & Mathieu Schuster & Xavier Valentin, 2010. "Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids," Nature, Nature, vol. 467(7319), pages 1095-1098, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:467:y:2010:i:7319:d:10.1038_nature09425
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09425
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