Fossil Monkeys and Apes from the East African Rift Valley
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Overview
Syllabus
Before Lucy: Monkeys and Apes from the East African Rift Valley
Outline
Smaller 'Apes'
An Early Reconstruction of Relationships
Proconsul/Chimp
Ape vs. OWM Monkey Morphology All share a 2.1.2.3 dental formula, ectotympanic tube etc.
African Early Miocene Fossil Catarrhine Genera
Early Miocene Catarrhine Morphotype
Rangwapithecus gordoni
Small bodied catarrhines from Songhor
Research in the Ugandan Early Miocene
Ugandan Fieldwork
Revised Radiometric Ages for Ugandan Sites
Age of Moroto
Not a fast transition...
What drives catarrhine evolution in Africa?
REACHE RESEARCH ON EAST AFRICAN CATARRHINE AND HOMINOID EVOLUTION
Thesis Database
Fossil Assemblages
Taxonomic Composition
Skeletal Composition
Ancient Volcanoes and Changing Landscapes
Habitat Variability?
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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology