Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis
eLife, 2021 The evolution of bipedalism and reduced reliance on arboreality in hominins resulted in larger lower limb joints relative to the joints of the upper limb. The pattern and timing of this transition, however, remains unresolved.
Anjali M Prabhat +5 more
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Gestation Period for Australopithecus [PDF]
Nature, 1973 LEUTENEGGER1 has provided estimates of the foetal size at birth of two species of Australopithecus. Huggett and Widdas2 drew attention to the relationship between foetal age and weight in mammals, and we have been assessing both specific foetal growth rates and length of gestation (J. F. D. F. and A. St G. Huggett, unpublished data).
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Dietary proclivities of Paranthropus robustus from Swartkrans, South Africa
Anthropological Review, 2015 Pleistocene Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans have yielded stable isotope values suggesting some foraging on C4 plants possibly including underground storage organs. Dental microwear texture analysis on P.
L’Engle Williams Frank
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Lucy's flat feet: the relationship between the ankle and rearfoot arching in early hominins.
PLoS ONE, 2010 BackgroundIn the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, propulsive lever. Central to this transition was the development of the longitudinal arch, a structure that helps store elastic energy and stiffen the foot ...
Jeremy M DeSilva, Zachary J Throckmorton
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Trabecular evidence for a human-like gait in Australopithecus africanus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence whether particular species of hominins including those in the genus Australopithecus walked with relatively extended hips, knees and ankles like modern ...
Meir M Barak +5 more
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Microtomographic Archive of Hominin Fossils from the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa (1948-1967)
PaleoAnthropologySince initial excavations in 1948, the site of Swartkrans, located in the ‘Cradle of Humankind,’ South Africa has yielded hundreds of fossil hominin specimens belonging to species of Paranthropus, Homo, and possibly Australopithecus.
Matthew Skinner +6 more
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Australopithecus oder Plesianthropus oder Paranthropus? [PDF]
Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 1951 Kein Abstract verfügbar.
H. Weinert
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Unfused transverse foramen of the atlas vertebra in the Neandertal lineage fossils
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract In anatomically modern humans, the atlas can display an unfused transverse foramen (UTF) but currently the presence of UTF in the Neandertal lineage is uncertain due to a scarcity of prevalence studies and no exhaustive record of its presence throughout the entire hominin fossil record.
Asier Gómez‐Olivencia +5 more
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First early hominin from central Africa (Ishango, Democratic Republic of Congo). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Despite uncontested evidence for fossils belonging to the early hominin genus Australopithecus in East Africa from at least 4.2 million years ago (Ma), and from Chad by 3.5 Ma, thus far there has been no convincing evidence of Australopithecus ...
Isabelle Crevecoeur +12 more
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The 9+ month marathon: How pregnancy may have shaped human endurance capacities
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Anthropology has long considered the evolution of our uniquely human endurance capacities to be the result of selection upon anatomical and physiological features imposed by the demands of thermoregulation and resource acquisition, particularly during the demands of persistence hunting. Research has focused on the anatomical changes present in
Cara Ocobock
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