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Functional morphology of trabecular bone in the calcaneus of African apes

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 4, Page 883-898, October 2026.
Pan exhibits significantly higher calcaneal tuberosity trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) and bone volume fraction (BV/TV) than Gorilla, potentially reflecting higher triceps surae forces for vertical climbing. Both taxa have significantly higher Tb.Th and BV/TV in the anterior calcaneus; the difference is exaggerated in Gorilla, potentially reflecting ...
Christine M. Harper, Biren A. Patel
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A perspective from the Mesozoic: Evolutionary changes of the mammalian skull and their influence on feeding efficiency and high‐frequency hearing

The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 9, Page 2315-2330, September 2026.
Abstract The complex evolutionary history behind modern mammalian chewing performance and hearing function is a result of several changes in the entire skeletomuscular system of the skull and lower jaw. Lately, exciting multifunctional 3D analytical methods and kinematic simulations of feeding functions in both modern and fossil mammals and their ...
Julia A. Schultz
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐Term Temporal Change of Small Mammal Composition and Abundance in the Food Intake of the Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Comparing Two Different Lowland Mesoregions

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.
The object of this study is to evaluate and compare the changes of the small mammal assemblages between two lowland mesoregions in Hungary based on Western Barn Owl pellet analysis. Prey composition, diversity, and community dynamics differed markedly between the two lowland regions, indicating that local landscape characteristics and weather ...
Győző F. Horváth, Gábor Takács, Dániel Molnár, Adrienn Horváth   +3 more
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It Takes Two to Tango: A Pluralist Account for Building Comprehensive Explanations in Human Evolution

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 494-510, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The evolutionary study of human dispersal is a key topic in biological anthropology. However, recent research has revealed inconsistencies between molecular and anatomical data across different timescales and geographic regions. Despite increased interdisciplinary dialogue, these discordances are rarely analyzed in depth or interpreted for ...
Lumila Paula Menéndez, Sophie Veigl
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating evolutionary changes to the genetic architecture of the postcranial skeleton in humans and other mammals

With a haploid size of over 3 billion base pairs, identifying the genomic regions involved in any given human trait is a daunting problem of finding a needle in a haystack. To add complexity, most traits are highly polygenic – that is, controlled by many
Okamoto, Alexander Shumpei
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Frequency of arboreality is correlated with longer hand skeletons in Gorilla: Analysis of a new skeletal sample of Bwindi mountain gorillas

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 3, Page 544-564, September 2026.
Variation in arboreality across gorilla populations is associated with systematic differences in manual digital lengths. Using a new dataset of linear metrics from the Bwindi mountain gorillas, we quantify metacarpal and phalangeal lengths in eastern and western gorilla populations across all five rays. Consistent with quantified behavioral differences,
Elliot G. Greiner, Christopher B. Ruff, Charlotte King, Aventino Nkwasibwe, Thadee Muhire, Emmanuel Tibenda, Jason S. Massey, Juho‐Antti Junno, Rowan M. Sherwood, Jean Bosco Noheri, Fred Nizeyimana, Tierra Smiley Evans, Richard Muvunyi, Dennis Babaasa, Martha M. Robbins, Shannon C. McFarlin, Tracy L. Kivell   +16 more
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El dimorfismo sexual en guanacos (Lama guanicoe). Una evaluación osteométrica de elementos poscraneales

Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2009
In wild-living populations adult camelids are mainly sexed by observing their social and reproductive behavior, and on occasion, their genitalia. Both biologists and archaeologists usually assume the absence of clearly identifiable sexually dimorphic ...
Cristian Kaufmann, G. Lorena L’Heureux
doaj  

Metric analysis of the postcranial skeleton: a comprehensive approach for biological sex estimation in an Italian population. [PDF]

Int J Legal Med
Morandini P, Biehler-Gomez L, Stull K, Cattaneo C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deconstructing Biological Sex by Fuzzifying Osteological Sex: Implications for Theoretically Informed Practice. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Adams DM, Lane KM.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Dermal Skeleton of Stem-Actinopterygian Moythomasia durgaringa and Its Implications for the Nature of the Ancestral Osteichthyan. [PDF]

J Morphol
Shan X, Pape E, Keating JN, Rücklin M, Pisani D, Donoghue PCJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source