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Ape-like locomotor adaptations in the radius of the stem catarrhine Pliobates shed light on hominoid evolution

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: was more adapted for climbing than forelimb-dominated suspension and unable to perform gibbon-like ricochetal brachiation. Our results illustrate the mosaic and stepwise evolution of the catarrhine elbow and support the view that an apelike proximal radial morphology evolved multiple times as a climbing rather than suspensory adaptation. This agrees with the possibility that several features of the hominoid elbow were originally selected for climbing and subsequently co-opted for suspensory locomotion.

Source: iScience

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.114622

Authors: Julia Arias-Martorell, Georgina Raventós-Izard, Oriol Monclús-Gonzalo, Alessandro Urciuoli, Jesús Gamarra, Masato Nakatsukasa, Salvador Moyà-Solà, David M. Alba

Institutions: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universidad de Alcalá, University of Zurich, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M, HM Hospitales, Kyoto University

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,240

Funders: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London, European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Awards: G2261144792, G304105904, G4206421530, G4390861517, G5941200783, G6305500198, G6415503716, G6436605246, G6880832671

OpenAlex ID: W7118089589

FWCI: 72.84

Cites: 59

Cited by: 3

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