Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids

Jean-Jacques Jaeger (), K. Christopher Beard, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Mustafa Salem, Mouloud Benammi, Osama Hlal, Pauline Coster, Awad A. Bilal, Philippe Duringer, Mathieu Schuster, Xavier Valentin, Bernard Marandat, Laurent Marivaux, Eddy Métais, Omar Hammuda and Michel Brunet
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Jean-Jacques Jaeger: Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
K. Christopher Beard: Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 USA
Yaowalak Chaimanee: Paleontology Section, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Mustafa Salem: Al Fateh University
Mouloud Benammi: Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
Osama Hlal: Al Fateh University
Pauline Coster: Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
Awad A. Bilal: Garyounis University
Philippe Duringer: Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg UMR 7516, Institut de Géologie, 1 rue Blessig, 67084 Strasbourg, France
Mathieu Schuster: Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
Xavier Valentin: Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France
Bernard Marandat: Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, CNRS UMR 5554, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
Laurent Marivaux: Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, CNRS UMR 5554, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
Eddy Métais: Groupe ‘TOTAL’, 2 Place J. Millier, la Défense 6, 92400 Courbevoie, France
Omar Hammuda: Al Fateh University
Michel Brunet: Institut International de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine, Évolution et Paléoenvironnements, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France

Nature, 2010, vol. 467, issue 7319, 1095-1098

Abstract: Early diversity in African anthropoids The origin of the anthropoids — higher primates including monkeys, apes and humans — is shrouded in mystery. Fossils from the Eocene of Africa have suggested that they originated in that continent, but this has been challenged by discoveries in Asia. The game is changed by the discovery of several species of anthropoid primate from the Eocene of Libya, each belonging to a distinct group. This suggests that the anthropoids diverged early — possibly in Asia, migrating to Africa along with other kinds of mammal.

Date: 2010
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