Australopithecus sediba hand demonstrates mosaic evolution of locomotor and manipulative abilities

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6048, 2011, Pages 1411-1417

  Kivell, Tracy L ^a   Kibii, Job M ^b   Churchill, Steven E ^b,c   Schmid, Peter ^b,d   Berger, Lee R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS SEDIBA; CAPITATE BONE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOSSIL HOMININ; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HAND; HAND BONE; HAND FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; METACARPAL BONE; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; STONE TOOL PRODUCTION; STONE TOOL USE; TECHNOLOGY; THUMB; WRIST;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL BONES; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; FOSSILS; HAND; HAND BONES; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; METACARPAL BONES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOUTH AFRICA; THUMB; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

GAUTENG; MALAPA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS;

EID: 80052609127     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1202625     Document Type: Article

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