Dental evolution of the orang-utan in China |
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| Authors: | Chuan Kun Ho Guo Xing Zhou Davis R Swindler |
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| Institution: | (1) National Museum of Natural Sciences, Taichung, Taiwan;(2) Beijing Natural History Museum, People's Republic of China;(3) 1212 Eighth Ave. N., 98020 Edmonds, WA, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The main focus of this paper is to report the spatial and temporal distributions of fossil and subfossil orang-utans in south
and southwest China from the late Miocene through Pliocene and Pleistocene. We will describe fossil samples and their odontometrics
in order to estimate their body size through time. Furthermore we will also discuss their taxonomic status and evolutionary
changes. Then, we will explore the possible reasons why and how these living fossils retreated to their present habitats. |
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| Keywords: | Pongo pygmaeus weidenreichi Pleistocene China Sivapithecines |
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