A partial hominoid innominate from the Miocene of Pakistan: Description and preliminary analyses

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-87

  Morgan, Michèle E ^a   Lewton, Kristi L ^a,b   Kelley, Jay ^c,d   Otárola Castillo, Erik ^a   Barry, John C ^a   Flynn, Lawrence J ^a   Pilbeam, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innominate; Miocene hominoid; Positional behavior; Sivapithecus; Torso shape

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; APE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EXTANT SPECIES; FACIES; FOSSIL ANIMAL; ILIAC BONE; LIMB; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIMATE; PROCONSUL; SIVAPITHECUS INDICUS; SIVAPITHECUS SIVALENSIS; SOUTH ASIAN; TRUNK; WOOLLY MONKEY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; HIP; HOMINID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PONGO; PRIMATES; SIVAPITHECUS;

ANIMALS; HIP; HOMINIDAE; PAKISTAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84920488096     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1420275111     Document Type: Article

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