Miocene hominoid palatofacial morphology.
The palatofacial morphology of Proconsul africanus, P. nyanzae, P. major and Sivapithecus meteai is compared to extant catarrhines. The early Miocene hominoids (Proconsul) are unlike modern great apes, but retain a primitive catarrhine pattern more similar to some extant cercopthecoids. By middle Miocene times the typical hominoid palatofacial morphology can be recognized in at least one species (S. meteai) and this corresponds to the evolution of the postcranium in which the hominoid pattern is also only recognizable by the middle Miocene.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002508:Cephalometry; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D049690:History, Ancient; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010159:Palate / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010163:Paleontology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014421:Turkey