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Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations ADVANCES IN PRIMAT OL OGY Series Editors: JOHN G. FLEAGLE State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York R. D. E. MAcPHEE American Museum of Natural History New York, New York Editorial Board: JOHN M. ALLMAN, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California RUSSELL L. CIOCHON, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa FRAN<;;OISEJOUFFROY, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France W. PATRICK LUCKETT, University of Puerto Rico, Sanjuan, Puerto Rico LAWRENCE B. MARTIN, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York CAREL P. VAN SCHAlK, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Current Volumes in the Series: ANTHROPOID ORIGINS Edited by John G. Fleagle and Richard F. Kay COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS OF TREE SHREWS Edited by W. Patrick Luckett EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF THE NEW WORLD MONKEYS AND CONTINENTAL DRIFT Edited by Russell L. Ciochon and A. Brunetto Chiarelli FUNCTION, PHYLOGENY, AND FOSSILS: Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations Edited by David R. Begun, Carol V. Ward, and Michael D. Rose NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF APE AND HUMAN ANCESTRY Edited by Russell L. Ciochon and Robert S. Corroccini NURSERY CARE OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES Edited by Gerald C. Ruppenthal PRIMATES AND THEIR RELATIVES IN PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVE Edited by Ross D. E. MacPhee SIZE AND SCALING IN PRIMATE BIOLOGY Edited by William L. Jungers SPECIES, SPECIES CONCEPTS, AND PRIMATE EVOLUTION Edited by William H. Kimbel and Lawrence B. Martin A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations Edited by DAVID R. BEGUN University of Toronto Toronto, Canada CAROL V. WARD University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri and MICHAEL D. ROSE University of Medicine and Dentistry of New jersey New Jersey Medical School Newark, New jersey Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Llbrary of Congress Cataloglng-ln-Publlcatlon Data Function, phylogeny, and fossils miocene hominoid evolution and adaptations / edited by David R. Begun, Carol V. Ward, and Michael D. Rose. p. cm. -- (Advances in primatology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4899-0077-7 ISBN 978-1-4899-0075-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-0075-3 1. Fossi 1 hominids. 2. ::u"'o pvolution. 3. Paleontology -Miocene. I. Begun, David R. II. Ward, Caroi V. III. Rnse. Michael D. IV. Series, Advances in primatology (Plenum Press) GN282F85 1997 599.93·8--dc21 96-40485 CIP ISBN 978-1-4899-0077-7 © 1997 Springer Science+Business Media New York Origina11y published by Plenum Press, New York in 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1s t edition 1997 http://www.plenum.com 10987654321 AII rights reserved No part ofthis book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher Contributors Peter Andrews jay Kelley Natural History Museum Department of Oral Biology London SW7 5BD, England College of Dentistry University of Illinois at Chicago David R. Begun Chicago, Illinois 60612 Department of Anthropology University of Toronto Laszlo Kardos Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada The Hungarian Geological Museum H-1143 Budapest, Hungary Brenda R. Benefit Department of Anthropology George Koufos Southern Illinois University Laboratory of Geology Carbondale, Illinois 62901 University of Thessaloniki 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece Louis de Bonis Laboratoire de Gebiologie, Meave Leakey Biochronologie, Paleontologie Division of Palaeontology Humaine National Museums of Kenya 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France Nairobi, Kenya Barbara Brown Monte L. McCrossin Department of Anatomy Department of Anthropology Northeastern Ohio University College Southern Illinois University of Medicine Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Rootstown, Ohio 44272-0095 David Pi/beam Terry Harrison Peabody Museum Department of Anthropology Harvard University New York University Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 New York, New York 10003 Todd C. Rae Richard F. Kay Department of Mammalogy Department of Biological American Museum of Natural History Anthropology and Anatomy New York, New York I 0024-5192 Duke University Medical Center Present address: Durham, North Carolina 27710 Department of Anthropology University of Durham Durham DHI 3HN, England v vi CONTRIBUTORS Lorenzo Rook Alan Walker Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Departments of Anthropology and Universita di Firenze Biology Florence, Italy The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Michael D. Rose Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, Carol V. Ward and Injury Science Anthropology and Pathology & University of Medicine and Dentistry Anatomical Sciences of New Jersey University of Missouri New Jersey Medical School Columbia, Missouri 65211 Newark, New Jersey 07103 Steve Ward jeffrey H. Schwartz Department of Anatomy Department of Anthropology Northeastern Ohio Universities University of Pittsburgh College of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 Rootstown, Ohio 44272 PeterS. Ungar Myriam Zylstra Department of Anthropology Department of Anthropology University of Arkansas University of Toronto Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada Preface In 1993, two of the editors of this volume (Ward and Begun) organized a symposium for the Toronto meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology. The idea behind the symposium was to gather researchers with long-term expertise in particular aspects of Miocene hominoid paleobiol ogy for a comparison of different perspectives. We were specifically interested in the issue of the interdigitation of functional and phylogenetic analysis in paleobiology. We were also interested in the differing interpretations that result from a focus on a certain taxon versus a particular region of the body. Our own experience with Miocene hominoids and with those who study them suggested this subject area as a useful case study. The main result of the symposium was that there is much more to discuss. The consensus of the participants was that there is a great deal of value in attempting to compare and integrate differing approaches to Miocene homi noid paleobiology. It was also generally agreed that there was a need to review the Miocene again, given the tremendous number of discoveries and new interpretations that have come to light since the publication in 1983 of the highly influential book in this same series, New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry, edited by R. L. Ciochon and R. S. Corruccini. We decided to combine forces with Mike Rose, an alumnus of New Intrepetations, to edit a volume that would serve two main purposes. The first was to expand on the theme of the symposium, to explore different perspectives on Miocene hominoids in the hope of reaching a consensus, not so much on what happened, but on how to proceed with the analysis of this complex period in hominoid evolutionary history. The second was to update, in a substantially different format, the Miocene hominoid portions of the venerable Ciochon and Corruccini volume. Whereas they chose to cover a wide array of topics in ape and human evolution ary history and systematics, we decided to focus on a few well-known genera of Miocene hominoids. We felt that these genera were the best candidates for a case study approach, being represented by more fossils from a greater diversity of anatomical regions than most, and thus providing researchers with the best opportunity to cover a range of issues related to both function and phylogeny. Vll ... Vlll PREFACE The chapters in this volume were reviewed by at least three referees, in most cases experts who were not themselves contributors. We are very grateful to these referees, who will remain anonymous, for helping us to produce a volume of high quality. We are also grateful to the Advances in Primatology Series Editors, John Fleagle and Ross MacPhee, for their support and encour agement, and to Mary Phillips Born, Senior Editor at Plenum, for her guid ance and patience. In the past 15 years there has been a revolution in discovery, analytical techniques, and interpretation in Miocene hominoid paleobiology. A perusal of the literature in this field may lead one to conclude that there is little agreement among researchers and that things are getting worse with each new find. The editors of this book were enthusiastic about bringing together Miocene hominoid scholars because we were confident that there is more agreement than is at first apparent. We do in fact know much more today about the Miocene than we did 15 years ago. Consensus is emerging on the relationships between early and late Miocene hominoids; on the first appear ance of great apes in the fossil record; on the relationship between Asian and African great apes and humans; and on the spectacular functional and tax onomic diversity of the Miocene hominoid fossil record as a whole. While there is much more work to be done, we think that this volume contributes to a greater understanding of this diversity. We hope that the chapters it contains will stimulate further discussions and interactions, not only among morpholo gists, but also between us and behavioral and molecular biologists, ecologists, geologists, and everyone else interested in the origins of adaptations in the Hominoidea. David Begun Carol Ward Mike Rose Toronto, Canada Columbus, Missouri Newark, New jersey Contents 1 Function and Phylogeny in Miocene Hominoids Carol V. Ward, David R. Begun, and Michael D. Rose Introduction 1 Function and Phylogeny 3 Parallelism and Convergence 5 Content of This Volume 6 Goals of This Volume 10 References 10 2 Research on Miocene Hominoids and Hominid Origins: The Last Three Decades 13 David Pilbeam Introduction 13 Two Decades of Progress 14 Cranio-Dental Remains 16 Postcranial Remains 17 Fossil Hominoid Relationships: Current Views 19 Sivapithecus and Oreopithecus 21 Alternative Interpretations 22 Hominid Origins 23 References 25 3 Interrelationships between Functional Morphology and Paleoenvironments in Miocene H ominoids 29 Peter Andrews, David R. Begun, and Myriam Zylstra Introduction 29 Songhor and Koru, Kenya 30 Rusinga Island, Kenya 36 Kalodirr, Kenya, and Moroto, Uganda 37 Maboko Island and Fort Ternan, Kenya 38 Pa~alar, Turkey 40 Rudabanya, Hungary 42 Can Llobateres and Can Ponsic, Spain 44 Siwaliks, Pakistan 45 Ravin de Ia Pluie and Xirochori, Greece 4 7 Baccinello, Italy 48 Lufeng, China 49 Discussion 50 References 53 ix
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