Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution

The proximal femur is key for understanding locomotion in primates. Here, the authors analyze the evolution of the proximal femur in catarrhines, including a new Aegyptopithecus fossil, and suggest that Old World monkeys and hominoids diverged from an ancestral state similar to Aegyptopithecus.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sergio Almécija, Melissa Tallman, Hesham M. Sallam, John G. Fleagle, Ashley S. Hammond, Erik R. Seiffert
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
Subjects:
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5890c9e401f543d4be1bff5907bf2ba0
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!