The Evolutionary Relationships of Man and Orang-utans

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Journal Nature

Specialty Science

Date 1984 Apr 5

PMID 6424028

Citations 16

Authors

J H Schwartz

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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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