Analysis of Fossil Primate Remains

在这个项目中，达戈斯托博士将研究大约200个 属标本的颅后骨骼遗骸 半齿龙 这是一种早期灵长类动物， 始新世时期的欧洲和北美。 达戈斯托博士 将参观美国和欧洲的博物馆， 包含这些样本。 她将描述和测量它们， 对肢体骨骼进行全面评估， 至：1.评估物种间的差异; 2.重建运动 和姿势行为; 3.在分类学上测试竞争的观点 这些群体在灵长类中的地位。 虽然研究 已经在半齿龙头骨遗骸上进行了研究， 材料仍然没有描述。 相对知之甚少 灵长类动物发展的早期阶段 半齿龙所属的类群的地位一直很重要， 辩论。 这项研究应该有助于解决这个问题， 为人类谱系的出现提供了新的见解。

In this project, Dr. Dagosto will study approximately 200 postcranial skeletal remains of specimens of the genus Hemiacodon. This is a form of early primate which inhabited both Europe and North America during the Eocene period. Dr. Dagosto will visit museums in both the United States and Europe which contain these specimens. She will describe and measure them to produce a comprehensive assessment of the limb skeleton in order to: 1. assess variation among species; 2. reconstruct locomotor and postural behavior; 3. test competing ideas on the taxonomic place of these groups within the primate order. While research has been conducted on Hemiacodon cranial remains, postcranial materials remain undescribed. Relatively little is known about the early stages of the development of the primates and the position of the group to which Hemiacodon belongs has been much debated. This research should help to resolve this issue and provide new insight into the emergence of the human lineage.