Palaeobotanical evidence reveals the living conditions of Miocene Lufengpithecus in East Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the relationship between human evolution and environmental changes is the key to lifting the veil on human origin. The hypothesis that environmental changes triggered the divergence of humans from apes (ca. 9.3-6.5 million years ago, Ma) has been poorly tested because of limited continuous environmental data from fossil localities. Lufengpithecus (12.5-6.0 Ma) found on the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (SEMTP) across the ape-human split provides a good chance for testing this hypothesis.

Results

Here, we reconstructed the habitats of L. keiyuanensis (12.5-11.6 Ma) with comprehensive vegetation, climate, and potential food web data by palaeobotanical evidence, together with other multidisciplinary data and partly tested the environment-dr

SUBMITTER: Lu LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031969 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature