Exploration for Oligocene and Miocene Primates in Northern Kenya

摘要P.I.John Fleagle SBR-9319193非洲猴子和类人猿的起源尚不清楚。对于最早的高级灵长类动物来说，最好的发现来自埃及(法尤姆凹陷)渐新世，但它们确实非常原始，很可能不会导致在大约1000万年后从东非各地的中新世沉积物中出现明显的“非洲”猴子和猿类化石。这项人类学研究的探索性赠款将研究肯尼亚北部、东非北部边缘的渐新世和中新世时期非常有希望的沉积物。他们很可能会发现灵长类和哺乳动物的化石，连接着已知的时代和地理区域，并很可能极大地改变我们对那些导致非洲猴子和类人猿发光的祖先形式的理解。8月8日，经过了大量的父亲工作和不菲的父亲开支！所有参与的人都在很好地恢复。其次，我们很幸运地招募了梅里·布洛克来接替我的休假；不幸的是，数字高程模型，。！！！D(Times新罗马符号&amp；Arial“hd=Jonathan Friedlaender Jonathan Friedlaender

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