New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution

Isaiah O. Nengo,Paul Tafforeau,Christopher C. Gilbert,John G. Fleagle,Ellen R. Miller,Craig S. Feibel,David L. Fox,Josh Feinberg,Kelsey D Pugh,Camille Berruyer,Sara Mana,Zachary Engle,Fred Spoor

New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution

2017

Isaiah O. Nengo
Paul Tafforeau
Christopher C. Gilbert
John G. Fleagle
Ellen R. Miller
Craig S. Feibel
David L. Fox
Josh Feinberg
Kelsey D Pugh
Camille Berruyer
Sara Mana
Zachary Engle
Fred Spoor

Description of the most complete fossil skull of an infant ape recovered from the Miocene epoch of Kenya, assigned to a new species in the genus Nyanzapithecus.

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Paleontology
Skull
Taxonomy (biology)
Biological anthropology
Biology
Zoology
Ectotympanic
Hominidae
Fossil Record
Extant taxon
Dentition
Synapomorphy

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