MIOCENE FOSSIL HOMINIDS AND THE CHIMP-HUMAN CLADE

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BEGUN, DR
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[1] Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto
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10.1126/science.1411507
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Miocene hominoids from Europe are among the earliest members of the great ape and human clade (the Hominidae). One of these forms, represented by well-preserved cranial remains from Rudabanya, Hungary, sheds new light on the question of the evolutionary relations among living hominids. This new evidence supports the view that humans have a specific evolutionary relation with chimpanzees, to the exclusion of all other apes.
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