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Equatorius : A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya

1999; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 285; Issue: 5432 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.285.5432.1382

1095-9203

Steve Ward, Barbara E. Brown, Andrew Hill, Jay Kelley, Will Downs,

Evolution and Paleontology Studies

A partial hominoid skeleton just older than 15 million years from sediments in the Tugen Hills of north central Kenya mandates a revision of the hominoid genus Kenyapithecus , a possible early member of the great ape–human clade. The Tugen Hills specimen represents a new genus, which also incorporates all material previously referable to Kenyapithecus africanus . The new taxon is derived with respect to earlier Miocene hominoids but is primitive with respect to the younger species Kenyapithecus wickeri and therefore is a late member of the stem hominoid radiation in the East African Miocene.