A resampling approach and implications for estimating the phalangeal index from unassociated hand bones in fossil primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 280-289

  Venkataraman, Vivek V ^a   Rolian, Campbell ^b   Gordon, Adam D ^c   Patel, Biren A ^d  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catarrhine; intrinsic hand proportions; locomotion; resampling methods; substrate; suspensory; terrestrial, arboreal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEMALE; FINGER; FOSSIL PRIMATE; GORILLA; HAND BONE; HYLOBATES; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PHALANX; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CATARRHINI; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; FOSSILS; HAND; HISTORY, ANCIENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATES;

EID: 84878110523     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22278     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Alba DM, Moyà-Solà S, Köhler M,. 2003. Morphological affinities of the Australopithecus afarensis hand on the basis of manual proportions and relative thumb length. J Hum Evol 44: 225-254.
2. Alemseged Z, Spoor F, Kimbel WH, Bobe R, Geraads D, Reed D, Wynn JG,. 2006. A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature 443: 296-301.
3. Almécija S, Alba DM, Moyà-Solà S,. 2009. Pierolapithecus and the functional morphology of Miocene ape hand phalanges: paleobiological and evolutionary implications. J Hum Evol 57: 284-297.
4. Begun DR, Teaford MF, Walker A,. 1994. Comparative and functional anatomy of Proconsul phalanges from the Kaswanga primate site, Rusinga Island, Kenya. J Hum Evol 26: 89-165.
5. Bush ME, Lovejoy CO, Johanson DC, Coppens Y,. 1982. Hominid carpal, metacarpal, and phalangeal bones recovered from the Hadar formation: 1974-1977 collections. Am J Phys Anthropol 57: 651-677.
6. Christensen AM,. 2009. Techniques for siding manual phalanges. Forensic Sci Int 193: 84-87.
7. Clarke RJ,. 1999. Discovery of complete arm and hand of the 3.3-million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton from Sterkfontein. S Afr J Sci 96: 477-480.
8. Clarke RJ,. 2008. Latest information on Sterkfontein's Australopithecus skeleton and a new look at Australopithecus. S Afr J Sci 104: 443-449.
9. Deane AS, Begun DR,. 2008. Broken fingers: retesting locomotor hypotheses for fossil hominoids using fragmentary proximal phalanges and high-resolution polynomial curve fitting (HR-PCF). J Hum Evol 55: 691-701.
10. Ersoy A, Kelley J, Andrews P, Alpagut B,. 2008. Hominoid phalanges from the middle Miocene site of Paşalar, Turkey. J Hum Evol 54: 518-529.
11. Etter HF,. 1973. Terrestrial adaptations in the hands of Cercopithecinae. Folia Primatol 20: 331-350.
12. Green DJ, Gordon AD,. 2008. Metacarpal proportions in Australopithecus africanus. J Hum Evol 54: 705-719.
13. Green DJ, Gordon AD, Richmond BG,. 2007. Limb-size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus. J Hum Evol 52: 187-200.
14. Godinot M, Beard KC,. 1991. Fossil primate hands: a review and an evolutionary inquiry emphasizing early forms. Hum Evol 6: 307-354.
15. Gordon AD, Green DJ, Richmond BG,. 2008. Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: results from two new multivariate resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing data. Am J Phys Anthropol 135: 311-328.
16. Franzen JL, Gingerich PD, Habersetzer J, Hurum JH, von Koenigswald W, Smith BH,. 2009. Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel Germany: morphology and paleobiology. PLoS One 4: e5723.
17. Hallgrímsson B, Willmore K, Hall BK,. 2002. Canalization, developmental stability, and morphological integration in primate limbs. Am J Phys Anthropol 119: 131-158.
18. Hamrick MW,. 2001. Primate origins: evolutionary change in digital ray patterning and segmentation. J Hum Evol 40: 339-351.
19. Jablonski NG,. 2002. A new skeleton of Theropithecus brumpti (Primates: Cercopithecidae) from Lomekwi, West Turkana, Kenya. J Hum Evol 43: 887-923.
20. Jouffroy FK, Godinot M, Nakano Y,. 1991. Biometrical characteristics of primate hands. Hum Evol 6: 269-306.
21. Jungers WL, Lemelin P, Godfrey LR, Wunderlich RE, Burney DA, Simons EL, Chatrath PS, James HF, Randria GFN,. 2005. The hands and feet of Archaeolemur: metrical affinities and their functional significance. J Hum Evol 49: 36-55.
22. Kirk EC, Lemelin P, Hamrick MW, Boyer DM, Bloch JI,. 2008. Intrinsic hand proportions of euarchontans and other mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of plesiadapiforms. J Hum Evol 55: 278-299.
23. Kivell TL, Kibii JM, Churchill SE, Schmid P, Berger LR,. 2011. Australopithecus sediba hand demonstrates mosaic evolution of locomotor and manipulative abilities. Science 333: 1411-1417.
24. Lemelin P,. 1999. Morphological correlates of substrate use in didelphid marsupials: implications for primate origins. J Zool 247: 165-175.
25. Lockwood CA, Richmond BG, Jungers WL, Kimbel WH,. 1996. Randomization procedures and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis. J Hum Evol 31: 537-548.
26. Lovejoy CO, Simpson SW, White TD, Asfaw B, Suwa G,. 2009a. Careful climbing in the Miocene: the forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and humans are primitive. Science 326: 70e1-70e8.
27. Lovejoy CO, Latimer B, Suwa G, Asfaw B, White TD,. 2009b. Combining prehension and propulsion: the foot of Ardipithecus ramidus. Science 326: 72e1-72e8.
28. Manly BJF,. 1997. Randomization, bootstrap and Monte Carlo methods in biology, 2nd ed. London: Chapman and Hall.
29. Midlo C,. 1934. Form of the hand and foot in primates. Am J Phys Anthropol 19: 337-389.
30. Nakatsukasa M, Kunimatsu Y, Nakano Y, Takano T, Ishida H,. 2003. Comparative and functional anatomy of phalanges in Nacholapithecus kerioi, a Middle Miocene hominoid from northern Kenya. Primates 44: 371-412.
31. Napier JR, Napier PH,. 1967. A handbook of living primates. New York: Academic Press.
32. Napier JR,. 1993. Hands (revised edition). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
33. Napier JR, Davis PR,. 1959. The fore-limb skeleton and associated remains of Proconsul africanus. Fossil Mamm Afr 16: 1-69.
34. Nelson E, Rolian C, Cashmore L, Shultz S,. 2011. Digit ratios predict polygyny in early apes, Ardipithecus, Neanderthals and early modern humans but not in Australopithecus. Proc R Soc Lond B 278: 1556-1563.
35. Nieschalk U, Demes B,. 1993. Biomechanical determinants of reduction of the second ray in Lorisinae. In:, Preuschoft H, Chivers DJ, editors. Hands of primates. New York: Springer-Verlag. p 225-234.
36. Patel BA, Susman RL, Rossie JB, Hill A,. 2009. Terrestrial adaptations in the hands of Equatorius africanus revisited. J Hum Evol 57: 763-772.
37. Patel BA, Larson SG, Stern JT,. 2012. Electromyography of wrist and finger flexor muscles in olive baboons (Papio anubis). J Exp Biol 215: 115-123.
38. Patel BA, Wunderlich RE,. 2010. Dynamic pressure patterns in the hands of olive baboons (Papio anubis) during terrestrial locomotion: implications for cercopithecoid primate hand morphology. Anat Rec 293: 710-718.
39. Rasband WS,. 2010. ImageJ. Available from: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/.
40. Richmond BG,. 1998. Ontogeny and biomechanics of phalangeal form in primates. Ph.D. Dissertation. Stony Brook, NY: State University of New York.
41. Rohlf FJ,. 2005. TPSDig2. Stony Brook, NY: State University of New York.
42. Rolian C, Gordon AD, Hallgrímsson B,. 2011. Assessing manual proportions in Australopithecus afarensis using Monte Carlo resampling. Am J Phys Anthropol S 144: 256.
43. Rolian C,. 2009. Integration and evolvability in primate hands and feet. Evol Biol 36: 100-117.
44. Rossie JB, Gutierrez M, Goble E,. 2012. Fossil forelimbs of Simiolus from Moruorot, Kenya. Am J Phys Anthropol 147 (S54): 252.
45. Sherwood RJ, Ward S, Hill A, Duren DL, Brown B, Downs W,. 2002. Preliminary description of the Equatorius africanus partial skeleton (KNM-TH 28860) from Kipsaramon, Tugen Hills, Baringo District, Kenya. J Hum Evol 42: 63-73.
46. Susman RL,. 1979. Comparative and functional morphology of hominoid fingers. Am J Phys Anthropol 50: 215-236.
47. Van Valen L,. 2005. The statistics of variation. In:, Hallgrímsson B, Hall BK, editors. Variation: a central concept in biology. London: Elsevier. p 29-47.
48. Ward CV,. 2002. Interpreting the posture and locomotion of Australopithecus afarensis: where do we stand? Yearb Phys Anthropol 45: 185-215.
49. Washburn SL,. 1951. The analysis of primate evolution with particular reference to the origin of man. Cold Spring Harbor Symp Quant Biol 15: 67-77.
50. Wood B, Richmond BG,. 2000. Human evolution: taxonomy and paleobiology. J Anat 196: 19-60.
51. Zapfe H,. 1960. Die Primatenfunde aus der Miozanen Spaltenfullung von Neudorf an der March (Devinzka Nova Ves), Tchechoslowakei. Schweizerische Paleontologische Abhandlungen 78: 4-293.