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

这项提议的主要目的是继续挖掘 在肯尼亚一个重要的化石产地 地点：Maboko 岛上发现了一些非常重要的灵长类化石， 中新世中期，人类学上一个伟大的时期， 重要性，因为它框架的分歧，旧世界的猴子 和猿类 长期以来，人们一直在争论 使得高等灵长类动物多样化。 由于 在马博科丰富的含油气层，调查人员应该是 不仅能够阐明中新世中期哺乳动物的多样性， 也包括它们所处的气候和环境条件， 存在过

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.