Rangwapithecus

Rangwapithecus (also Ramapithicus) was a genus of ape.[1]

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Description

Weighing approximately 15kg.The teeth size and shape indicate that the ape was a folivore. [2] An ape from the earliest Miocene epoch that were [3] arboreal and therefore adapted to forest-dwelling, associated particularly with Mfwangano island, living in rainforest (Andrews,Kelley 2007).[4] although previously, lived within habitat of woodland-bushland (Andrews,Evans 1979) [5]

Taxonomy

Sympatric with Prosonsul, both classified within the Proconsolidae (Cameron) [6] perhaps is same as classification Proconsol gordoni and Proconsol vancouveringi.[7] Is similar to another species found in Africa.(Leakey & Leakey 1987). [8] Rangwapithecus gordoni and p.africanus are similarly sized although differing morphologically, and both restricted to Koru and Songhur. [9] Has had previou re-classification, [10][11] Seems probable classified currently as ancestor of orangutan rather than earlier ancestor of Hominid. [12][13][14] Considered the same as Sivapithecus (Greenfield 1979}.[15]

References

  1. ^ David R. Begun Catarrhine phalanges from the LateMiocene (Vallesian) of RudabBnya, Hungary Journal of Human Evolution (1988) 17, 413-438 (scholar.googleusercontent)
  2. ^ J. G. Fleagle Primate adaptation and evolution (596 pages) Academic Press, 1999 ISBN 0122603419 (Google eBook) [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  3. ^ Charles Lyell Principles of geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface by reference to causes now in operation, Volume 3 J. Murray, 1833 (University of Lausanne) (Google eBook) [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  4. ^ P. Andrews, J. KelleyMiddle Miocene Dispersals of Apes Folia Primatol 2007; Vol 78:328-343 (DOI: 10.1159/000105148) Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  5. ^ Peter Andrews and Elizabeth Nesbit Evans The Environment of Ramapithecus in Africa Paleobiology Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter, 1979), pp. 22-30 (article consists of 9 pages) Published by: Paleontological Society JSTOR
  6. ^ D. W. Cameron, University of Sydney and Australian National University - books.google Hominid adaptations and extinctions (260 pages) UNSW Press, 2004 ISBN 086840716X & PaleoAnthropology 2007: 16−20. Copyright © 2007 Paleoanthropology Society. All rights reserved [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  7. ^ R. Tuttle Apes of the world: their social behavior, communication, mentality, and ecology(421 pages) William Andrew, 1986 books.google[Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  8. ^ R.E. Leakey, M.G. Leakey - A new Miocene small-bodied ape from Kenya Journal of Human Evolution Volume 16, Issue 4, May 1987, Pages 369-387 doi:10.1016/0047-2484(87)90067-4 Copyright © 1987 Published by Elsevier Ltd. [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  9. ^ Henry Gee - Shaking the tree: readings from Nature in the history of life (411 pages) University of Chicago Press, 1 May 2000 - (books.google) ISBN 0226284972 [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  10. ^ Hidemi Ishida Human origins and environmental backgrounds (281 pages) Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects Birkhäuser, 2006 (books.google) ISBN 0387296387
  11. ^ Greenfield, L. O. (1979), On the adaptive pattern of “Ramapithecus”. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 50: 527–548. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330500406 Copyright © 1999–2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  12. ^ Discovery Channel - curiosity.[Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  13. ^ Andrews P, Cronin JE. The relationships of Sivapithecus and Ramapithecus and the evolution of the orang-utan. Nature. 1982 Jun 17;297(5867):541-6. ncbi [Retrieved 2011-12-29]
  14. ^ Schwartz JH. The evolutionary relationships of man and orang-utans Nature. 1984 Apr 5-11;308(5959):501-5. PMID: 6424028 ncbi
  15. ^ Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle Primate evolution and human origins (396 pages) Transaction Publishers, 1987 Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behavior Series (books.google) ISBN 0202011755 [Retrieved 2011-12-29]

External link

google search including foremost a pdf link to - Milford H. Wolpoff Ramapithecus and the Homonid orign CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 23 No.5 October 1982 © The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, all rights reserved-