A New Look at an Old Face: The Hoà Binh Late Pleistocene <i>Pongo</i> Skull and Other Faciodental Fragments From Breccia Caves in Vietnam—A Morphometric Assessment With Taxonomic Implications
This study suggests the extinction of mainland Pongo species is associated with the rapid decline in habitat during the Late Pleistocene. Orangutan populations further south in Sumatra and Borneo (still then part of Mainland Asia) survived in safe havens of relic rainforests.
Authors
- Russell L. Ciochon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-0099)
- Anh Tuan Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4321-6085)
- David W. Cameron
- Vu The Long
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Biological Anthropology
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70020
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44
Funders
- National Geographic Society Education Foundation
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- Leakey Foundation
- National Geographic Society