Evolution of locomotion in anthropoidea: The semicircular canal evidence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3467-3475

  Ryan, Timothy M ^a   Silcox, Mary T ^b   Walker, Alan ^a   Mao, Xianyun ^a   Begun, David R ^b   Benefit, Brenda R ^c   Gingerich, Philip D ^d   Koöhler, Meike ^e   Kordos, László ^f   McCrossin, Monte L ^c   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^e   Sanders, William J ^d   Seiffert, Erik R ^g   Simons, Elwyn ^h   Zalmout, Iyad S ^d   Spoor, Fred ^i,j  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Generalized least squares analysis; Primates; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

COMMON ANCESTRY; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LOCOMOTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 84864326408     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0939     Document Type: Article

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