Miocene Primates of Asia

亚洲中新世灵长类动物

• 批准号: 8812306
• 负责人: David Pilbeam
• 金额: $ 12.74万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-15 至 1991-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8812306&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Miocene; Primates; Asia

Dr. Pilbeam and his collaborators will continue their research into the origins of higher primates, including hominids (humans). In particular, they will focus on the earlier less well known time period which extends from ca. 15 - 7 million years ago. It was during this mid to late Miocene period that the human line likely emerged and that modern genera of anthropoid apes first appear. Unfortunately, the fossil record is very scanty, and Dr. Pilbeam's research is helping to fill this gap. With past NSF support, Dr. Pilbeam has led field projects in Pakistan and Kenya which have recovered extremely significant finds. Dr. Pilbeam will continue fieldwork in Pakistan and will analyze materials recovered both there and in Kenya. Years of search have produced extensive fossil assemblages and the team will work to elucidate patterns of development in both primates and other mammalian groups. They will reconstruct the structure of faunal communities and trace their change through time. This research is important because it traces the development of the human species. To understand ourselves as we are today, it is important to trace our long-term history and to elucidate the processes which are reflected therein.

皮尔比姆博士和他的合作者将继续他们的研究 高等灵长类动物的起源，包括原始人（人类）。 特别是，他们将重点关注较早的不太知名的 从CA延伸的时间段。一千五百万到七百万年前。 它 是在中新世的中晚期 现代类人猿最早出现在 出现 不幸的是，化石记录非常稀少。 Pilbeam的研究正在帮助填补这一空白。 在过去的NSF Pilbeam博士在巴基斯坦和肯尼亚领导了实地项目， 发现了极其重要的发现 皮尔比姆博士将继续在巴基斯坦进行实地考察， 在那里和肯尼亚找到的材料。 年的搜索 已经产生了大量的化石组合，该团队将努力 为了阐明灵长类动物和其他动物的发育模式， 哺乳动物群体。 他们将重建动物群的结构 并追踪它们随时间的变化。 这项研究很重要，因为它追溯了 人类物种。 要了解我们今天的样子， 重要的是追溯我们的长期历史，并阐明 其中所反映的过程。