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ArticleBMC plant biology2023

Palaeobotanical evidence reveals the living conditions of Miocene Lufengpithecus in East Asia.

Li-Li Lu, Yi-Feng Yao, Guo-An Wang, Gan Xie, Kai-Qing Lu, Bin Sun, Jin-Feng Li, Angela A Bruch, David K Ferguson, Yi-Ming Cui and 4 more

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Li-Li Lu *State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China.
Yi-Feng Yao *State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China.
Guo-An Wang *Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
Gan XieState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China.
Kai-Qing LuState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China.
Bin SunState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China.
Jin-Feng LiState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China.
Angela A BruchROCEEH Research Centre, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany.
David K FergusonDepartment of Paleontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria.
Yi-Ming CuiLushan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 332900, Jiujiang, China.
Qiang WangState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China.
Xin-Ying ZhouUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China. zhouxinying@ivpp.ac.cn.
Feng GaoDepartment of Paleoanthropolpgy, Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, 650118, Kunming, Yunnan, China. yngaof@vip.sina.com.
Yu-Fei WangState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China. wangyf@ibcas.ac.cn.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 42077416Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB26000000
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Abstract

backgroundUnderstanding the relationship between human evolution and environmental changes is the key to lifting the veil on human origin. The hypothesis that environmental changes triggered the divergence of humans from apes (ca. 9.3-6.5 million years ago, Ma) has been poorly tested because of limited continuous environmental data from fossil localities. Lufengpithecus (12.5-6.0 Ma) found on the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (SEMTP) across the ape-human split provides a good chance for testing this hypothesis.

resultsHere, we reconstructed the habitats of L. keiyuanensis (12.5-11.6 Ma) with comprehensive vegetation, climate, and potential food web data by palaeobotanical evidence, together with other multidisciplinary data and partly tested the environment-driven hypothesis by revealing the living conditions of Lufengpithecus.

conclusionA detailed comparison of hominoids on different continents reveals their behaviour and fate divergence across the ape-human split against the background of global climate change, i.e., the stable living conditions of SEMTP not only provided a so-called 'refuge' for arboreal Lufengpithecus but also acted as a 'double-edged sword', preventing their further evolution while vegetation shifts in East Africa probably stimulated the emergence of human bipedalism, and the intense climatic changes in Europe possibly prevented those hominoids from surviving that time interval. Our findings provide interesting insight into the environmental impacts on the behavioural evolution of hominoids.

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HominidaeSocial ConditionsAnimalsAsia, EasternBiological EvolutionFossilsHumansPhylogenyEvolutionary fateFood webHabitatHominoidLufengpithecus

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