Ecological divergence and calcaneal‐cuboid morphology in gorillas

TC Prang, MW Tocheri - American Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Gorillas are diverse behaviorally and ecologically with higher frequencies of
arboreality and frugivory observed in populations living at lower altitudes compared to those …

Medial metatarsal rigidity in extant non‐human catarrhine primates

BA Patel - American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study quantifies hallucal metatarsal (Mt1) and second metatarsal (Mt2) polar
second moment of areas (J) in hominoids and cercopithecoids to address three questions …

How otariids walk: a comparative axial analysis of the hind limb movements of California and South American sea lions

F Mizuno, N Kohno - Marine Mammal Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seals exist at the intersection of land and water. This is especially true of eared seals
(otariids), which are both highly adapted to forelimb swimming and retain the ability to walk …

Shaft structure of the first metatarsal contains a strong phylogenetic signal in apes and humans

Y Tomizawa, M Nakatsukasa… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Metatarsal bones constitute a key functional unit of the foot in primates. While the
form‐function relationships of metatarsals have been extensively studied, particularly in …

The relative size of the calcaneal tuber reflects heel strike plantigrady in African apes and humans

TC Prang - American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The positional repertoire of the human‐chimpanzee last common ancestor is
critical for reconstructing the evolution of bipedalism. African apes and humans share a heel …