Postcranial functional morphology of Morotopithecus bishopi, with implications for the evolution of modern ape locomotion

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-183

  MaClatchy, Laura ^a   Gebo, Daniel ^b   Kityo, Robert ^c   Pilbeam, David ^d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Fossa; Glenoid; Hominoid evolution; Miocene; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE;

UGANDA;

HOMINIDAE; MOROTOPITHECUS BISHOPI;

EID: 0033889889     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0407     Document Type: Article

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