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ArticleCommunications biology2023

A new ape from Türkiye and the radiation of late Miocene hominines.

Ayla Sevim-Erol, David R Begun, Alper Yavuz, Erhan Tarhan, Çilem Sönmez Sözer, Serdar Mayda, Lars W van den Hoek Ostende, Robert M G Martin, M Cihat Alçiçek

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Ayla Sevim-ErolAnkara University, Faculty of Languages History and Geography, Department of Anthropology, Ankara, Türkiye. aylasevimerol@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-3864
David R BegunDepartment of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. david.begun@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8916-6442
Alper YavuzMehmet Akif Ersoy University of Science and Letters, Department of Anthropology, Burdur, Türkiye.
Erhan TarhanHitit University Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Anthropology, Çorum, Türkiye.
Çilem Sönmez SözerAnkara University, Faculty of Languages History and Geography, Department of Anthropology, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2818-5364
Serdar MaydaEge University Fakulty of Science, Department of Biology, İzmir, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5432-3559
Lars W van den Hoek OstendeNaturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Robert M G MartinDepartment of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9573-6760
M Cihat AlçiçekPamukkale University, Department of Geology, 20070, Denizli, Türkiye.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fossil apes from the eastern Mediterranean are central to the debate on African ape and human (hominine) origins. Current research places them either as hominines, as hominins (humans and our fossil relatives) or as stem hominids, no more closely related to hominines than to pongines (orangutans and their fossil relatives). Here we show, based on our analysis of a newly identified genus, Anadoluvius, from the 8.7 Ma site of Çorakyerler in central Anatolia, that Mediterranean fossil apes are diverse, and are part of the first known radiation of early members of the hominines. The members of this radiation are currently only identified in Europe and Anatolia; generally accepted hominins are only found in Africa from the late Miocene until the Pleistocene. Hominines may have originated in Eurasia during the late Miocene, or they may have dispersed into Eurasia from an unknown African ancestor. The diversity of hominines in Eurasia suggests an in situ origin but does not exclude a dispersal hypothesis.

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Biological EvolutionHominidaeAfricaAnimalsAsiaEuropeFossilsHuman MigrationHumansPongo pygmaeus

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