The late Miocene climate cooling caused the disappearance of the hominoids in Yunnan region, southwestern China

Pei Li1, Chunxia Zhang2, Chenglong Deng3, Xueping Ji4, Nina G Jablonski5, Haibin Wu6, Yang Fu6, Rixiang Zhu7 and Zhengtang Guo3, (1)Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China, (2)IGG Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Beijing, China, (3)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (4)Department of Paleoanthropology, Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, Kunming, China, (5)Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Philadelphia, United States, (6)Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (7)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China