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Science April 2020 PMID 32273470

A parapithecid stem anthropoid of African origin in the Paleogene of South America.

Erik R Seiffert, Marcelo F Tejedor, John G Fleagle, Nelson M Novo, Fanny M Cornejo, Mariano Bond, Dorien de Vries, Kenneth E Campbell

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  • A new species of parapithecid primate has been discovered in the Paleogene deposits of South America, showing African origins.
  • Phylogenetic analysis suggests this primate belongs to a group that likely dispersed across the Atlantic Ocean via "rafting" between 35 and 32 million years ago.
  • This finding adds to the evidence that New World monkeys and caviomorph rodents also originated from African ancestors during a time when landmasses were positioned very differently than today.
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Roberto Sáez
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A parapithecid stem anthropoid of African origin in the Paleogene of South America "the ancestors of this new species arrived via a transatlantic rafting event when sea levels dropped at the Eocene–Oligocene transition ∼32 to 35 million years ago" https://t.co/7dqfWExKhu (2020) https://t.co/XOMZGccNzv

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Roberto Sáez
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A parapithecid stem anthropoid of African origin in the Paleogene of South America: "the ancestors of this new species arrived via a transatlantic rafting event when sea levels dropped at the Eocene–Oligocene transition ∼32 to 35 million years ago" https://t.co/7FZcM1LSJf

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Dr Ross Barnett
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Stem anthropoid primates in South America? Whoa! A parapithecid stem anthropoid of African origin in the Paleogene of South America https://t.co/ysQbMLXMvK

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Darin Croft
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Exactly correct! And, in a really interesting twist, we now know that a second group of African primates made the trip but went extinct. Here's the abstract of the 2020 Science article that named Ucayalipithecus, published by a team including @PaleoDorien: https://t.co/33RLybOcg9 https://t.co/E2wMQnSzTv

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Darin Croft
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Exactly correct! And, in a really interesting twist, we now know that a second group of African primates made the trip but went extinct. Here's the abstract of the 2020 Science article that named Ucayalipithecus, published by a team including @PaleoDorien: https://t.co/33RLybOcg9 https://t.co/E2wMQnSzTv

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A parapithecid stem anthropoid of African origin in the Paleogene of South America "the ancestors of this new species arrived via a transatlantic rafting event when sea levels dropped at the Eocene–Oligocene transition ∼32 to 35 million years ago" https://t.co/7dqfWExKhu (2020) https://t.co/XOMZGccNzv

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A parapithecid stem anthropoid of African origin in the Paleogene of South America: "the ancestors of this new species arrived via a transatlantic rafting event when sea levels dropped at the Eocene–Oligocene transition ∼32 to 35 million years ago" https://t.co/7FZcM1LSJf

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