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Dryopithecine
Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines. Taxonomy * Tribe Dryopithecini† ** ''Kenyapithecus (?)'' *** ''Kenyapithecus wickeri'' **'' Danuvius'' *** ''Danuvius guggenmosi'' ** ''Ouranopithecus'' *** ''Ouranopithecus macedoniensis'' *** ''Ouranopithecus turkae'' ** ''Otavipithecus (?)'' *** ''Otavipithecus namibiensis'' ** ''Oreopithecus (?)'' *** ''Oreopithecus bambolii'' ** ''Nakalipithecus'' *** ''Nakalipithecus nakayamai'' ** ''Anoiapithecus'' *** ''Anoiapithecus brevirostris'' ** ''Dryopithecus'' *** ''Dryopithecus fontani'' ** ''Hispanopithecus (?)'' *** ''Hispanopithecus laietanus'' *** ''Hispanopithecus crusafonti'' ** ''Pierolapithecus'' *** ''Pierolapithecus catalaunicus'' ** ''Rudapithecus (?)'' *** ''Rudapithecus hungaricus'' ** ''Samburupithecus'' *** ''Samburupithecus kiptalami'' ** ''Griphopithecus ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Danuvius Guggenmosi
''Danuvius guggenmosi'' is an extinct species of great ape that lived 11.6 million years ago during the Middle Miocene, Middle–Late Miocene, Late Miocene in southern Germany. It is the monotypic genus, sole member of the genus ''Danuvius''. The area at this time was probably a woodland with a seasonal climate. A male specimen was estimated to have weighed about , and two females . Both genus and species were species description, described in November 2019. It is the first-discovered Late Miocene great ape with preserved long bones which could be used to reconstruct the limb anatomy and thus the locomotion of contemporary apes. Its discoverer, paleoanthropologist Madelaine Böhme, says ''Danuvius'' had adaptations for both hanging in trees (suspensory behavior) and walking on two legs (bipedalism)—whereas, among present-day great apes, humans are better adapted for the latter and the others the former. ''Danuvius'' thus had a method of locomotion unlike any previously known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ouranopithecus
''Ouranopithecus'' is a genus of extinct Eurasian great ape represented by two species, '' Ouranopithecus macedoniensis'', a late Miocene (9.6–8.7 mya) hominoid from Greece and '' Ouranopithecus turkae'', also from the late Miocene (8.7–7.4 mya) of Turkey. The first specimen ''O. macedoniensis'' was discovered by French palaeontologists Louis de Bonis and Jean Melentis in 1977, and ''O. turkae'' by Turkish team led by Erksin Savaş Güleç in 2007. For a long time it was considered as similar (synonymous) to ''Graecopithecus'' and member of the genus '' Sivapithecus,'' which more discoveries proved otherwise. Description and systematics Based on ''O. macedoniensis dental and facial anatomy, it has been suggested that ''Ouranopithecus'' was actually a dryopithecine. However, it is probably more closely related to the Ponginae. Some researchers consider ''O. macedoniensis'' to be the last common ancestor of humans (hominins) and the other apes, and a forerunner to australopit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anoiapithecus
''Anoiapithecus'' is an extinct ape genus thought to be closely related to ''Dryopithecus''. Both genera lived during the Miocene, approximately 12 million years ago. Fossil specimens named by Salvador Moyà-Solà are known from the deposits from Spain.. The discoverers described ''Anoiapithecus brevirostris'' as a hominoid (superfamily Hominoidea) in the dryopithecine tribe. They believe that it has more modern traits than the Kenyapithecines from which Kenya's '' Kenyapithecus wickeri'' brings fragmentary information. The African specimens are considered a sister taxon to the hominids, and 2 million years younger European specimens must be from the time after these two groups split. This means that hominids may have evolved in Europe. The name comes from the Anoia River region in Catalonia, where the fossil was found. It has been given the nickname ''Lluc'' (since it is a male individual). The name Lluc is the Catalan form of Luke, which in Latin suggests "light", as thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dryopithecus
''Dryopithecus'' is a genus of extinct great apes from the middle–late Miocene boundary of Europe 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago (mya). Since its discovery in 1856, the genus has been subject to taxonomic turmoil, with numerous new species being described from single remains based on minute differences amongst each other, and the fragmentary nature of the holotype specimen makes differentiating remains difficult. There is currently only one uncontested species, the type species ''D. fontani'', though there may be more. The genus is placed into the tribe Dryopithecini, which is either an offshoot of orangutans, African apes, or is its own separate branch. A male specimen was estimated to have weighed in life. ''Dryopithecus'' likely predominantly ate ripe fruit from trees, suggesting a degree of suspensory behaviour to reach them, though the anatomy of a humerus and femur suggest a greater reliance on walking on all fours (quadrupedalism). The face was similar to gorillas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dryopithecini
Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines. Taxonomy * Tribe Dryopithecini † ** '' Kenyapithecus (?)'' *** ''Kenyapithecus wickeri'' **'' Danuvius'' *** ''Danuvius guggenmosi'' ** '' Ouranopithecus'' *** '' Ouranopithecus macedoniensis'' *** '' Ouranopithecus turkae'' ** '' Otavipithecus (?)'' *** ''Otavipithecus namibiensis'' ** '' Oreopithecus (?)'' *** ''Oreopithecus bambolii'' ** '' Nakalipithecus'' *** ''Nakalipithecus nakayamai'' ** '' Anoiapithecus'' *** ''Anoiapithecus brevirostris'' ** ''Dryopithecus'' *** ''Dryopithecus fontani'' ** '' Hispanopithecus (?)'' *** ''Hispanopithecus laietanus'' *** ''Hispanopithecus crusafonti'' ** '' Pierolapithecus'' *** ''Pierolapithecus catalaunicus'' ** '' Rudapithecus (?)'' *** ''Rudapithecus hungaricus'' ** ''Samburupithecus ''Samburupithecus'' is an extinct primate tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene followed the Oligocene and preceded the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through the Miocene and into the Pliocene, the climate slowly cooled towards a series of ice ages. The Miocene boundaries are not marked by distinct global events but by regionally defined transitions from the warmer Oligocene to the cooler Pliocene Epoch. During the Early Miocene, Afro-Arabia collided with Eurasia, severing the connection between the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans, and allowing the interchange of fauna between Eurasia and Africa, including the dispersal of proboscideans and Ape, hominoids into Eurasia. During the late Miocene, the conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences
''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America'' (often abbreviated ''PNAS'' or ''PNAS USA'') is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal. It is the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, published since 1915, and publishes original research, scientific reviews, commentaries, and letters. According to ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 9.4. ''PNAS'' is the second most cited scientific journal, with more than 1.9 million cumulative citations from 2008 to 2018. In the past, ''PNAS'' has been described variously as "prestigious", "sedate", "renowned" and "high impact". ''PNAS'' is a delayed open-access journal, with an embargo period of six months that can be bypassed for an author fee ( hybrid open access). Since September 2017, open access articles are published under a Creative Commons license. Since January 2019, ''PNAS'' has been online-only, although print issues are available ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Miocene First Appearances
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene followed the Oligocene and preceded the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through the Miocene and into the Pliocene, the climate slowly cooled towards a series of ice ages. The Miocene boundaries are not marked by distinct global events but by regionally defined transitions from the warmer Oligocene to the cooler Pliocene Epoch. During the Early Miocene, Afro-Arabia collided with Eurasia, severing the connection between the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans, and allowing the interchange of fauna between Eurasia and Africa, including the dispersal of proboscideans and hominoids into Eurasia. During the late Miocene, the connections between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prehistoric Apes
Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of symbols, marks, and images appears very early among humans, but the earliest known writing systems appeared years ago. It took thousands of years for writing systems to be widely adopted, with writing having spread to almost all cultures by the 19th century. The end of prehistory therefore came at different times in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently. It is based on an old conception of history that without written records there could be no history. The most common conception today is that history is based on evidence, however the concept of prehistory hasn't been completely discarded. In the early Bronze Age, Sumer in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley Civilis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homininae
Homininae (the hominines) is a subfamily of the family Hominidae (hominids). (The Homininae——encompass humans, and are also called "African hominids" or "African apes".) This subfamily includes two tribes, Hominini and Gorillini, both having extant (or living) species as well as extinct species. Tribe Hominini includes: the extant genus ''Homo'', which comprises only one extant species—the modern humans (''Homo'' sapiens), and numerous extinct human species; and the extant genus '' Pan'', which includes two extant species, chimpanzees and bonobos. Tribe Gorillini (gorillas) contains one extant genus, Gorilla, with two extant species, with variants, and one known extinct genus. Alternatively, the genus ''Pan'' is considered by some to belong, instead of to a subtribe Panina, to its own separate tribe, (''so-called'') "Panini"—which would be a third tribe for Homininae. Some classification schemes provide a more comprehensive account of extinct groups—(see section "Taxo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Griphopithecus Suessi
''Griphopithecus suessi'' (or ''Griphopithecus darwini'') is a prehistoric species of kenyapith hominid from the Miocene of Austria and Slovakia, dated to approximately 15 million years ago. ''G. suessi'' is based on a single lower molar, with three other isolated teeth and two fragmentary pieces of postcrania referred to it. ''Austriacopithecus'' is a synonym. ''G. suessi'' has an estimated mean body weight of , similar to that observed in the common chimpanzee The chimpanzee (; ''Pan troglodytes''), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of Hominidae, great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. When its close rel .... References Dryopithecini Miocene primates of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1902 Prehistoric Germany Prehistoric Austria Prehistoric Slovakia Fossils of Austria {{paleo-primate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Griphopithecus Alpani
''Griphopithecus'' is a prehistoric ape from the Miocene of Turkey and Central Europe. Description ''Griphopithecus'' has been consistently grouped with stem hominoids. The material therefore indicates the range of hominoid locomotor anatomy in mid-Miocene Europe, rather than a specifically crown hominoid anatomy. Species *'' Griphopithecus alpani'' Tekkaya, 1974 *'' Griphopithecus suessi'' Abel, 1902 See also *''Graecopithecus'' *''Pierolapithecus'' *''Anoiapithecus'' *''Ouranopithecus'' *''Sivapithecus'' *''Lufengpithecus'' *''Gigantopithecus'' *''Khoratpithecus'' *''Chororapithecus ''Chororapithecus'' is an extinct great ape from the Afar region of Ethiopia roughly 8 million years ago during the Late Miocene, comprising one species, ''C. abyssinicus''. It is known from 9 isolated teeth discovered in a 2005–2007 survey of ...'' References External links Planet of the Apes (Scientific American/August, 2003) {{Taxonbar, from=Q2553860 Dryopithecini Miocene primates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
