Knuckle-walking in Sivapithecus? The combined effects of homology and homoplasy with possible implications for pongine dispersals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-170

  Begun, David R ^a   Kivell, Tracy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capitate; Hamate; Hominoid; Miocene; Terrestriality; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; HOMOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; WALKING;

AFRICA; EURASIA;

CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SIVAPITHECUS;

EID: 78650899553     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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