The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism

eLife7.70
Volume: 8
Published: Apr 30, 2019
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...
Paper Details
Title
The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism
Published Date
Apr 30, 2019
Journal
Volume
8
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