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

肯尼亚马博科地层中中新世灵长类动物的发掘和分析

• 批准号: 9200951
• 负责人: Brenda Benefit
• 金额: $ 23万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-06-15 至 1995-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9200951&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Excavation; Analysis; Middle; Miocene; Primates

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.

该提案的主要目标是继续在肯尼亚一个重要的化石产地进行挖掘。 马博科岛遗址出土了一些非常重要的灵长类动物化石，其历史可以追溯到中中新世，这一时期具有重要的人类学意义，因为它体现了旧世界猴子和猿类的分化。 关于高等灵长类动物多样化的条件长期以来一直存在争论。 由于马博科拥有丰富的化石床，调查人员不仅应该能够弄清楚中新世中期哺乳动物的多样性，还能够弄清楚它们生存的气候和环境条件。