… bishopi will only be resolved through a formal taxonomic analysis taking into consideration
cranial, postcranial, and dental morphology, … This effect is mitigated by removing hominoids …

… bishopi and a smaller bodied proconsulid. Given the high level of body mass dimorphism
inferred for Morotopithecus and other early Miocene catarrhines, the known postcrania from …

… anatomy of Morotopithecus is a product of parallel evolution. … of the hominoid spine, new
discoveries of postcranial … The significance of the development of this ligamentous attachment is …

… ape evolution. This study builds upon previous phylogenetic studies of hominoids by adding
novel craniodental and postcranial … A new genus and species, Morotopithecus bishopi, was …

… (ie, the change of a branch’s position under the effect of increasing weight), which can result
in a … postcranial features that Morotopithecus shares with extant hominoids have evolved in …

… We review Miocene ape systematics and evolution by … analyses of craniodental and postcranial
characters separately. … caused by the numerous postcranial similarities shared between …

… joint functional morphology and its evolution throughout the … taxon, the early Miocene ape
Morotopithecus bishopi (ca. 20 Mya, … early hominin morphology from postcranial remains and …

… -eating hominoid Morotopithecus consumed water-stressed vegetation, and postcrania from
… their adaptive and phylogenetic significance reflects more the evolution of crown hominoids (…

… evolutionary relationships. After proposing clarifying definitions, we argue that an “African
ape model” (referring largely to the postcranial … consequences for any evolutionary inference. …

… the postcranial anatomy and its more primitive craniodental morphology, Morotopithecus
is … This has profound implications concerning the biology of apes compared with that of …