Exploration for Oligocene and Miocene Primates in Northern Kenya

摘要 P.I. John Fleagle SBR-9319193 猴子和猿在非洲的起源还不太清楚。 最早的“高等灵长类动物”最好的发现来自渐新世的埃及（法尤姆洼地），但它们确实非常原始，很可能不会导致大约1000万年后出现的明显的“非洲”猴子和猿化石，这些化石来自东非的中新世沉积物。 这项人类学研究的探索性赠款将研究东非北方边缘肯尼亚北方渐新世和中新世时期非常有前途的沉积物。 他们很可能会发现灵长类动物和哺乳动物化石，将已知的时间和地理区域联系起来，并可能极大地改变我们对那些导致非洲猴子和猿开花的祖先形式的理解。 [*] P\anthro\jfried\9319193.abs 8月8日，在做了大量的父亲工作和不小的父亲开支之后！ 所有相关人员都恢复得很好。 其次，我们很幸运地招募了梅里布洛克作为我的休假替代品;不幸的是， , . ! ! ! D ( Times New Roman 符号Arial " H D D = 乔纳森·弗里德兰德

ABSTRACT P.I. John Fleagle SBR-9319193 The origins of monkeys and apes in Africa are not well understood. The best finds for the earliest "higher primates" come from Egypt (the Fayum Depression) during the Oligocene, but they are very primitive indeed, and may well not lead to the clearly "African" monkey and ape fossils that appear about 10 million years later, from the Miocene deposits across East Africa. This Exploratory Grant in Anthropological Research will examine very promising sediments in northern Kenya, on the northern edge of East Africa, from the Oligocene and Miocene period. It is very likely they will find primate and mammalian fossils connecting the times and geographic areas already known, and may well dramatically change our understanding of those ancestral forms leading to the flourescence of monkeys and apes in Africa. *** P\anthro\jfried\9319193.abs n August 8, after huge amounts of fatherly work and not inconsiderable fatherly expenditures! All involved are recovering nicely. Secondly, we were fortunate in recruiting Merry Bullock to be my Sabbatical replacement; unfortunately, the dem , . ! ! ! D ( Times New Roman Symbol & Arial " h d d = Jonathan Friedlaender Jonathan Friedlaender