…Fossil apes are classified as part of the Pongidae family of great apes, along with the modern great apes gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans, and are grouped together with the Gibbons and Hominidae in the superfamily Hominoidea. Based on the fossils known to date, it appears that the gibbon-lineage Pliopithecinae and the ape-lineage had already diverged by the middle Oligocene (about 30 million years ago). These latter fossil apes had diverged to some extent by the middle Miocene, and their characteristics had become quite distinct. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Pliopithecinae" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…化石類人猿は,分類学的には現存の大型類人猿であるゴリラ,チンパンジー,オランウータンとともに類人猿科Pongidaeに含まれており,テナガザル科やヒト科といっしょにヒト上科としてまとめられている。現在までに知られている化石から判断して,漸新世の中期ごろ(約3000万年前)にはすでに,テナガザル系統のプリオピテクス類Pliopithecinaeと類人猿系統は分岐していたらしい。この後者の化石類人猿は,中新世の中期ごろまでにある程度放散をとげ,特徴もかなりはっきりしてくる。… ※「Pliopithecinae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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