ANTH 1301 Lecture 18: Lecture 18
19 Oct 2015
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Fossil primates: purgatorius: earliest known primate, adapoids: lemur-like eocene primates, omomyoids: tarsier-like eocene primates, catopithecus: earliest catarrhine, saadanius: saudi arabia-stem catarrhine, victoriapithecus: earliest cercopithecoid, griphopithecus: early miocene stem ape, ouranopithecus: possible great ape ancestor, gigantopithecus: largest ape. Early miocene proto-apes: all walked around on all four limbs. Proconsul : first miocene ape discovered in east africa. Limbs are all the same and more like an owm. Afropithecus: age: 18 to 16 mya, range: africa and saudi arabia, first proto-ape to leave africa, likely ancestor of griphopithecus. Features: lacks a tail, long snout with procumbent incisors, generalized limb proportions, thick molar enamel. True apes appear- middle miocene (~16 mya) - true apes appear. Griphopithecus: age: 16. 5 to 14 mya, range: germany to turkey, sister group to asian and african apes. Features: lacks a tail, generalized limb proportions, thick molar enamel, this is the stem great ape. West side story (europe, 16 mya): radiation begins at 16. 5.
