ANT101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Temporal Muscle, Olduvai Gorge, Dual Inheritance Theory
26 Feb 2017
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Fossils found at many sites in north america and europe. Radiation of eocene primates extended to asia and africa. The most complete early primate fossil ever found is called darwinius, it is from messel site in germany dates to 47 mya. Some fossil finds from late in the eocene have derived features (such as dental comb) that link them to modern lemurs and lorises. Looking at the array of eocene fossils, it"s certain that they were: primates, widely distributed, most extinct by the end of the eocene. Most are old world anthropoids all discovered in egypt, the fayum. By the early oligocene, continental drift had separated the new world (the americas) from the old world (africa and eurasia) Its been suggested that late in the eocene or very early in the oligocene, the first anthropoids (monkeys) arose in africa and later reached south america by rafting over the water water separation on drifting chunks of vegetation.
