Reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the late Miocene apes Hispanopithecus and Rudapithecus based on vestibular morphology [Anthropology]
Late Miocene great apes are key to reconstructing the ancestral morphotype from which earliest hominins evolved. Despite consensus that the late Miocene dryopith great apes Hispanopithecus laietanus (Spain) and Rudapithecus hungaricus (Hungary) are closely related (Hominidae), ongoing debate on their phylogenetic relationships with extant apes (stem hominids, hominines, or pongines)...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Alessandro Urciuoli, Clement Zanolli, Sergio Almeciȷa, Amelie Beaudet, Jean Dumoncel, Naoki Morimoto, Masato Nakatsukasa, Salvador Moya–Sola, David R. Begun, David M. Alba Tags: Anthropology Biological Sciences Source Type: research