The distal tibia of Hispanopithecus laietanus: More evidence for mosaic evolution in Miocene apes

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 319-327

  Tallman, Melissa ^a,b   Almécija, Sergio ^c,d,e   Reber, Samantha L ^e   Alba, David M ^f   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^f  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; Geometric morphometrics; Hominoid evolution; Postcrania

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MORPHOMETRY; PRIMATE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO;

EID: 84875911775     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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