Know Your Primate: Parapapio broomi

Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Tribe: Papionini Genus: Parapapio Species: Parapapio broomi The genus Parapaio is composed of four species: Parapapio jonesi, Parapapio whitei, Parapapio broomi, and Parapapio antiquus. The picture of Parapapio broomi below is that of a specimen from Bolt’s Farm and dates to about 2 MYA (the picture is somewhat distorted [...]

Know Your Primate: Pliopapio alemui

Order: Primates Infraorder: Catarrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Tribe: Papionini Genus: Pliopapio Species: Pliopapio alemui Between 1992 and 199 over 900 cercopithecoid specimens were recovered by the Middle Awash Research Project. The sample dates to about 4.39 million years ago. Two new species have been named based on the material recovered. One is a colobine [...]