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(Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) (American Museum of Natural History. Division of Anthropology) (New York Institute of Technology. Department of Anatomy) (American Museum of Natural History. Division of Anthropology) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia) (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)| Date: | 2021 |
| Abstract: | Humans diverged from apes (chimpanzees, specifically) toward the end of the Miocene ~9. 3 million to 6. 5 million years ago. Understanding the origins of the human lineage (hominins) requires reconstructing the morphology, behavior, and environment of the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor. Modern hominoids (that is, humans and apes) share multiple features (for example, an orthograde body plan facilitating upright positional behaviors). However, the fossil record indicates that living hominoids constitute narrow representatives of an ancient radiation of more widely distributed, diverse species, none of which exhibit the entire suite of locomotor adaptations present in the extant relatives. Hence, some modern ape similarities might have evolved in parallel in response to similar selection pressures. Current evidence suggests that hominins originated in Africa from Miocene ape ancestors unlike any living species. |
| Grants: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2016-76431-P Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2017-82654-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-86 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-116 |
| Rights: | Tots els drets reservats.  |
| Language: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
| Published in: | Science, Vol. 372, núm. 6542 (May 2021) , art. eabb4363, ISSN 1095-9203 |
42 p, 5.2 MB |
