The well‐known fossil hominoid Proconsul from the Early Miocene of Kenya was a non‐
specialized arboreal quadruped with strong pollicial/hallucial assisted grasping capability. It …

We combine structural limb data and behavioral data for free-ranging chimpanzees from Taï
(Ivory Coast) and Mahale National Parks (Tanzania) to begin to consider the relationship …

Masato Nakatsukasaa*, Hiroshi Tsujikawaa, Daisuke Shimizub, Tomo Takanoc, Yutaka
Kunimatsud, Yoshihiko Nakanoe, Hidemi Ishidaf a Laboratory of Physical Anthropology …

Trabecular bone structure has been used to investigate the relationship between skeletal
form and locomotor behavior on the premise that trabecular bone remodels in response to …

The phylogenetic relationships of fossil and extant members of the primate superfamily
Hominoidea are reassessed by using both conventional (morphological) cladistic and …

✓ The lordotic region of the lumbar spine is a significant focus of pain and dysfunction in the
human body, and its susceptibility to disorders may reflect its substantial reconfiguration …

Oreopithecus bambolii (8.3–6.7 million years old) is the latest known hominoid from Europe,
dating to approximately the divergence time of the Pan-hominin lineages. Despite being the …

This paper describes the morphology of the vertebral remains of the KNM-BG 35250
Nacholapithecus kerioi individual from the Middle Miocene of Kenya. Cervical vertebrae are …

In the early 20th century the dominant paradigm for the ecological context of the origins of
human bipedalism was arboreal suspension. In the 1960s, however, with recognition of the …

Abstract Catarrhines originated in Afro-Arabia during the Paleogene, and were restricted to
this zoogeographic province until the early Miocene. During this period of isolation, several …