Excavation and Analysis of Middle Miocene Primates at the Maboko Formation, Kenya

这项提议的主要目标是继续在肯尼亚一个重要的化石遗址进行挖掘。Maboko岛遗址发现了一些非常重要的灵长类化石，可以追溯到中新世中期，这是一个具有重大人类学意义的时期，因为它勾勒出了东半球猴子和类人猿的分化。关于允许高等灵长类物种多样化的条件，长期以来一直存在争议。由于Maboko丰富的化石床，调查者应该不仅能够弄清楚中中新世哺乳动物的多样性，而且还能弄清它们生存的气候和环境条件。

The primary objective of this proposal is to continue excavations at an important fossil-bearing site in Kenya. The site, Maboko Island has yielded some very important fossil primates dated to the Middle Miocene, a time period of great anthropological importance as it frames the divergence of the Old World monkeys and apes. There has long been debate as to the conditions that allowed the diversification of the higher primates. Due to the rich fossiliferous beds at Maboko, the investigator should be able to clarify not only the diversity of middle Miocene mammals, but also the climatic and environmental conditions in which they existed.