Elwyn L. Simons

Research.com Recognitions

• 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1981 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• PRELIMINARY REVISION OF THE DRYOPITHECINAE (PONGIDAE, ANTHROPOIDEA) (Part 1 of 4)

  E.L. Simons;D.R. Pilbeam

  383
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• Hind Limbs of Eocene Basilosaurus: Evidence of Feet in Whales

  Philip D. Gingerich;B. Holly Smith;Elwyn L. Simons

  291
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• Primate Phylogeny: Morphological vs Molecular Results

  Jeheskel Shoshani;Colin P. Groves;Elwyn L. Simons;Gregg F. Gunnell

  287
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• The ecology of oligocene African anthropoidea

  Richard F. Kay;Elwyn L. Simons

  207
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• Description of two genera and species of late Eocene Anthropoidea from Egypt

  Elwyn L. Simons

  205
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• Dental Microwear and Microstructure in Early Oligocene Primates From the Fayum, Egypt: Implications for Diet

  Mark F. Teaford;Mary C. Maas;Elwyn L. Simons

  177
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• Cranial morphology of Aegyptopithecus and Tarsius and the question of the tarsier-anthropoidean clade.

  E L Simons;D T Rasmussen

  175
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• The humerus of Aegyptopithecus zeuxis: a primitive anthropoid.

  John G. Fleagle;Elwyn L. Simons

  166
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• A whole new world of ancestors: Eocene anthropoideans from Africa

  Elwyn L. Simons;Tab Rasmussen

  157
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• Convergent evolution of anthropoid-like adaptations in Eocene adapiform primates

  Erik R. Seiffert;Jonathan M. G. Perry;Elwyn L. Simons;Doug M. Boyer

  142
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• Evolution of the Side-Necked Turtles: The Family Podocnemididae

  Eugene S. Gaffney;Peter A. Meylan;Roger C. Wood;Elwyn Simons

  140
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• Dental use wear in extinct lemurs: evidence of diet and niche differentiation.

  Laurie R. Godfrey;Gina M. Semprebon;William L. Jungers;Michael R. Sutherland

  137
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• Diets of fossil primates from the Fayum Depression of Egypt : a quantitative analysis of molar shearing

  Edward C Kirk;Elwyn L. Simons

  134
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• Paleobiology of the Oligopithecines, the earliest known anthropoid primates

  D. Tab Rasmussen;Elwyn L. Simons

  132
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• Diversity in the early tertiary anthropoidean radiation in Africa

  Elwyn L. Simons

  132
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• Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation Fayum Province, Egypt

  D. Tab Rasmussen;Storrs L. Olson;Elwyn L. Simons

  127
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• New specimens of Oligopithecus savagei, early Oligocene primate from the Fayum, Egypt.

  D T Rasmussen;E L Simons

  125
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• Discovery of the oldest known anthropoidean skull from the paleogene of Egypt.

  Elwyn L. Simons

  124
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• A revision of the Oligocene apes of the Fayum Province, Egypt

  Richard F. Kay;John G. Fleagle;Elwyn L. Simons

  122
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• Limb skeleton and locomotor adaptations of apidium phiomense, an Oligocene anthropoid from Egypt

  John G. Fleagle;Elwyn L. Simons

  119
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