Algeripithecus and Azibius: Anthropoids or Strepsirhines?
The mandible of Algeripithecus. Photo from Science Daily. The debate for the origin of anthropoid points to two locations. One …
Tag Archives: paleoprimatology
New Branch of Archaeology: Paleoanthropology Meets Primatology
A chimpanzee mother using rocks (hammer and anvil) to break open nuts, an example of tool use in primates. Photo …
Lluc, Anoiapithecus brevirostris, A New Hominoid Species from Abocador de Can Mata, Spain
By way of Afarensis is news of a new Middle Miocene hominoid species found from the Abocador de Can Mata …
The Big Brains of Primates Evolved Twice & Idependently Of One Another
John Flynn, André Wyss, John Finarelli, and Karen Sears have been studying the brains of the ancestors of modern Neotropical …
Nakalipithecus nakayamai, a Miocene Ape from Kenya
The collective understanding of Miocene African primate evolution, especially ape evolution, is generally unfounded. Why? Because the fossil record is …
A New African Miocene Ape: Nakalipithecus nakayamai
In August, 2007 Gen Suwa and crew reported on a new Ethiopian Miocene Ape, Chororapithecus abyssinicus. And today, Kenyan and …
