Additional analyses of stem catarrhine and hominoid dental morphology support Kapi ramnagarensis as a stem hylobatid

IF 3.1 1区 地球科学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Journal of Human Evolution Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103628
Christopher C. Gilbert , Alejandra Ortiz , Kelsey D. Pugh , Christopher J. Campisano , Biren A. Patel , Ningthoujam Premjit Singh , John G. Fleagle , Rajeev Patnaik
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Fossil gibbons are exceedingly rare, with much of the hylobatid fossil record and, consequently, hylobatid evolutionary history remaining unknown. Kapi ramnagarensis was described as a stem hylobatid on the basis of an isolated lower right M3 from ∼13.0–12.5 Ma deposits surrounding Ramnagar (J&K), India. This interpretation was recently challenged, with alternative hypotheses suggesting that it is instead a stem catarrhine or a strangely derived pliopithecoid that has converged on hylobatid morphology. A series of morphological features were said to distinguish Kapi from fossil and extant hylobatids; notably, however, none of these features were examined or compared using quantitative analyses. Here, we further examine the dental morphology of Kapi, providing quantitative analyses to critically evaluate the hypothesis that Kapi represents a stem catarrhine or pliopithecoid rather than a stem hylobatid. Results demonstrate that none of the claimed differences between Kapi and hylobatids hold up under closer scrutiny, and multivariate discriminant analyses taking size and shape into account strongly support Kapi as a hylobatid with high posterior probabilities. Although only represented by a single lower molar, Kapi remains the most compelling candidate for the earliest known hylobatid in the fossil record and thus likely documents the simultaneous arrival of lesser and great apes to Asia during the Middle Miocene.
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Journal of Human Evolution
Journal of Human Evolution 生物-进化生物学
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Human Evolution concentrates on publishing the highest quality papers covering all aspects of human evolution. The central focus is aimed jointly at paleoanthropological work, covering human and primate fossils, and at comparative studies of living species, including both morphological and molecular evidence. These include descriptions of new discoveries, interpretative analyses of new and previously described material, and assessments of the phylogeny and paleobiology of primate species. Submissions should address issues and questions of broad interest in paleoanthropology.
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