New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Overview of Ape and Human Ancestry....Pages 3-19
Geochronology and Zoogeographic Relationships of Miocene Hominoidea....Pages 21-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
The Bearing of Molecular Data on the Cladogenesis and Times of Divergence of Hominoid Lineages....Pages 67-86
A Model of Chromosome Evolution and Its Bearing on Cladogenesis in the Hominoidea....Pages 87-114
Apes, Humans, and Molecular Clocks....Pages 115-150
Cladistics and the Classification of the Great Apes....Pages 151-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
New Interpretations of the Phyletic Position of Oligocene Hominoids....Pages 181-210
Maxillofacial Morphology of Miocene Hominoids from Africa and Indo-Pakistan....Pages 211-238
A Reconsideration of the Endocast of Proconsul africanus ....Pages 239-248
The Enamel of Neogene Hominoids....Pages 249-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Locomotor Adaptations of Oligocene and Miocene Hominoids and Their Phyletic Implications....Pages 301-324
New Postcranial Fossils of Proconsul africanus and Proconsul nyanzae ....Pages 325-351
The Wrist of Proconsul africanus and the Origin of Hominoid Postcranial Adaptations....Pages 353-367
Miocene Hominoid Discoveries from Rudabánya....Pages 369-404
Miocene Hominoid Postcranial Morphology....Pages 405-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Sequence and Environments of the Lower and Middle Miocene Hominoids of Western Kenya....Pages 421-439
The Natural History of Sivapithecus ....Pages 441-463
Facts and Fallacies Concerning Miocene Ape Habitats....Pages 465-514
Front Matter....Pages 515-515
The Significance of Hitherto Undescribed Miocene Hominoids from the Siwaliks of Pakistan in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt....Pages 517-526
Miocene Hominoid Primate Dental Remains from the Siwaliks of Pakistan....Pages 527-537
Front Matter....Pages 515-515
Significance of Recent Hominoid Discoveries from the Siwalik Hills of India....Pages 539-557
Historical Notes on the Geology, Dating and Systematics of the Miocene Hominoids of India....Pages 559-574
Front Matter....Pages 575-575
A Reassessment of the Relationship between Later Miocene and Subsequent Hominoidea....Pages 577-624
Phyletic Relationships of Miocene Hominoids and Higher Primate Classification....Pages 625-649
 Ramapithecus and Human Origins....Pages 651-676
 Ramapithecus and Pan paniscus ....Pages 677-694
Toward the Resolution of Discrepancies between Phenetic and Paleontological Data Bearing on the Question of Human Origins....Pages 695-703
Morphological Trends and Phylogenetic Relationships from Middle Miocene Hominoids to Late Pliocene Hominids....Pages 705-720
Australopithecus africanus....Pages 721-780
Front Matter....Pages 781-781
Hominoid Cladistics and the Ancestry of Modern Apes and Humans....Pages 783-843
Back Matter....Pages 845-888