The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism
Abstract
The ancestral condition from which humans evolved is critical for understanding the adaptive origin of bipedal locomotion. The 4.4 million-year-old hominin partial skeleton attributed to Ardipithecus ramidus preserves a foot that purportedly shares morphometric affinities with monkeys, but this interpretation remains controversial. Here I show that the foot of Ar. ramidus is most similar to living chimpanzee and gorilla species among a large...
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The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism
Published Date
Apr 30, 2019
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Volume
8
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