The evolutionary relationships of man and orang-utans

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1984 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 308, pages 501-505 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: J H, Schwartz;

doi: 10.1038/308501a0

pmid: 6424028

The evolutionary relationships of man and orang-utans

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Abstract

Man shares uniquely few morphological features with either the chimpanzee or the gorilla, whereas there are many features that suggest affinities between man and the orang-utan, to whom the fossil Sivapithecus appears to be closely related. If these are unique features, inclusion of Sivapithecus, man and the orang-utan in a single clade, distinct from that containing the African apes, is justified but contrary to current opinion.

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Pan troglodytes, Fossils, Skull, Paleontology, Hominidae, Haplorhini, Biological Evolution, Hemoglobins, Species Specificity, Pongo pygmaeus, Animals, Humans, Phylogeny

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