New Eocene primate from Myanmar shares dental characters with African Eocene crown anthropoids

Recent fossil findings have suggested that anthropoid primates originated in Asia before dispersing into Africa. Here, Jaeger and colleagues describe a new fossil Asian primate, Aseanpithecus myanmarensis, that they interpret as a closer relative of African crown anthropoids.

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Auteurs principaux: Jean-Jacques Jaeger, Olivier Chavasseau, Vincent Lazzari, Aung Naing Soe, Chit Sein, Anne Le Maître, Hla Shwe, Yaowalak Chaimanee
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/f74555f3ebdc4384a6d02e3f2f1fc821
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