The Oreopithecus thumb: Pitfalls in reconstructing muscle and ligament attachments from fossil bones

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-215

  Marzke, M W ^a   Shrewsbury, M M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor pollicis longus; Fossil apes; Oblique ligament; Pollical distal phalanx; Pollical proximal phalanx

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL; MUSCLE; PRIMATE;

OREOPITHECUS;

EID: 33746265440     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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