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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Building better biochronology: New fossils and

Andrew Tholt, Okşan Başoğlu, Yener Bektaş, Raymond Bernor, Joshua P Carlson, Ömer Dağ, Uğur Doğan, Ahmet Cem Erkman, Ferhat Kaya, Nuretdin Kaymakçı and 7 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Andrew TholtDepartment of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.ORCID 0000-0002-3355-6545
Okşan BaşoğluDepartment of Anthropology, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara 06570, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-0123-4346
Yener BektaşDepartment of Archeology, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Nevşehir 50300, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-4423-1519
Raymond BernorDepartment of Paleontology, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA 24112.ORCID 0000-0002-5118-5354
Joshua P CarlsonHuman Evolution Research Center, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720.ORCID 0009-0006-1857-2738
Ömer DağKayseri Science Center, Kayseri 38030, Türkiye.ORCID 0009-0003-4219-6670
Uğur DoğanDepartment of Geography, Ankara University, Ankara 06430, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-1300-3484
Ahmet Cem ErkmanFaculty of Science and Literature, Department of Anthropology, Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir 40100, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-3382-1019
Ferhat KayaDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu FI-90014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0900-3390
Nuretdin KaymakçıDepartment of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Üniversiteler Mahallesi, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-7618-0226
Pınar Gözlük KırmızıoğluDepartment of Anthropology, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara 06570, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-0759-3529
Maud J M MeijersDepartment of Earth Sciences, NAWI Graz Geocenter, University of Graz, Graz 8010, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2724-4980
Özge Kahya ParıldarDepartment of Anthropology, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara 06570, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-0209-6547
Cesur PehlevanDepartment of Philosophy, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Nevşehir 50300, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-9356-0052
Emrah ŞimşekGeneral Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Ankara 06530, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-6078-8501
Tim WhiteHuman Evolution Research Center, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720.ORCID 0000-0003-1266-7489
Paul RenneDepartment of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.ORCID 0000-0003-1769-5235

Funding

University of Oulu CPE 24101364
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Türkiye's geographic position between Europe, Asia, and Africa gives it pivotal importance for understanding the local, interregional, and intercontinental dynamics of Neogene vertebrate evolution. Although rich in vertebrate fossil deposits spanning the Middle and Late Miocene, associated geochronology has been limited by the lack of available volcanic materials that allow radioisotopic dating and geochemical correlation. As a result, calibrating mammalian evolution has been largely restricted to the semicircular application of paleomagnetic inferences combined with temporally ill-constrained and geographically remote biochronological deductions. For example, fossils from three Greek localities and one Anatolian locality assigned to the primate genus

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FossilsRadiometric DatingAnimalsBiological EvolutionPaleontologyTurkeybiochronologygeochronologyMiocenepaleontologyTürkiye

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PMCPMC11962512

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