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Primate adaptations and evolution in the Southern African Rift Valley

dc.contributor.authorBobe, Rene
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Felipe I.
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Susana
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T11:35:49Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T11:35:49Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractGorongosa National Park in central Mozambique offers an unparalleled setting for the study of primate adaptations to complex and highly dynamic environments. Located at the southern end of the East African Rift System, Gorongosa hosts a mosaic of forests, woodlands, grasslands, swamps, rivers, and a major lake, Lake Urema, which fluctuates extensively with the seasonal cycles (Figures 1 and 2).1 Renowned biologist E. O. Wilson has described Gorongosa as “ecologically the most diverse park in the world.” 2 The park is home to five species of nonhuman primates, among them 219 troops of baboons,3 whose phenotypic diversity suggests an extended history of admixture between chacmas (Papio ursinus) and yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) (Figure 3).4 With its dynamic mix of environments in the African Rift Valley, and highly adaptable primates, Gorongosa brings to mind the vegetation mosaics in which Pliocene and Pleistocene hominins evolved
dc.description.sponsorshipWenner-Gren Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipCarr Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipgovernment of Mozambique
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/evan.21826
dc.identifier.issn1060-1538
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/16543
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.otherAnthropology
dc.titlePrimate adaptations and evolution in the Southern African Rift Valley
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oaire.citation.endPage101
oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.startPage94
oaire.citation.titleEvolutionary Anthropology
oaire.citation.volume29
person.familyNameCarvalho
person.givenNameSusana
person.identifier.ciencia-idC91A-A704-6E70
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4542-3720
person.identifier.scopus-author-id23977799600
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