The bony labyrinth of the inner ear has special relevance when tracking phenotypic evolution because it is often well preserved in fossil and modern primates. Here we track the evolution of the bony labyrinth of anthropoid primates during the Mio−Plio−Pleistocene—the time period that gave rise to the extant great apes and humans.

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Mio-Plio-更新世和现代类人猿的骨迷宫式形态变化。

追踪表型演变时，内耳的骨迷路具有特殊的意义，因为它经常保存在化石和现代灵长类动物中。在这里，我们追踪了Mio-Plio-更新世期间人形灵长类动物的骨骼迷宫的演变，这段时期引起了现存的大猿类和人类。