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A Reassessment of the Relationship between Later Miocene and Subsequent Hominoidea

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New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry

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In consideration of the significance of middle and later Miocene Hominoidea to the origin of the taxonomic family of humans, Hominidae, there are three central problems. These are: (1) definition of the taxa concerned, (2) demonstration of significant anatomical (and thus phyletic) relationship of any of these later Miocene taxa to later hominids, and (3) establishment of a derivation that is zoogeographically sound in relation to a plausible theory of human descent.

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Kay, R.F., Simons, E.L. (1983). A Reassessment of the Relationship between Later Miocene and Subsequent Hominoidea. In: Ciochon, R.L., Corruccini, R.S. (eds) New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry. Advances in Primatology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8854-8_23

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