@article {308401,
	title = {Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution.},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {350},
	year = {2015},
	note = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/350/6260/aab2625},
	month = {2015 Oct 30},
	pages = {aab2625},
	abstract = {<p>Miocene small-bodied anthropoid primates from Africa and Eurasia are generally considered to precede the divergence between the two groups of extant catarrhines{\textemdash}hominoids (apes and humans) and Old World monkeys{\textemdash}and are thus viewed as more primitive than the stem ape Proconsul. Here we describe Pliobates cataloniae gen. et sp. nov., a small-bodied (4 to 5 kilograms) primate from the Iberian Miocene (11.6 million years ago) that displays a mosaic of primitive characteristics coupled with multiple cranial and postcranial shared derived features of extant hominoids. Our cladistic analyses show that Pliobates is a stem hominoid that is more derived than previously described small catarrhines and Proconsul. This forces us to reevaluate the role played by small-bodied catarrhines in ape evolution and provides key insight into the last common ancestor of hylobatids (gibbons) and hominids (great apes and humans).</p>},
	keywords = {Animals, Biological Evolution, Body Weight, Bone and Bones, Brain, Dentition, Hominidae, Humans, Hylobates, Phylogeny, Skull, Spain},
	issn = {1095-9203},
	doi = {10.1126/science.aab2625},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516285},
	author = {Alba, David M and Alm{\'e}cija, Sergio and DeMiguel, Daniel and Fortuny, Josep and P{\'e}rez de los R{\'\i}os, Miriam and Pina, Marta and Robles, Josep M and Moy{\`a}-Sol{\`a}, Salvador}
}
