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Oreopithecus was a bipedal ape after all: Evidence from the iliac cancellous architecture

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Textural properties and functional morphology of the hip bone cancellous network of Oreopithecus bambolii, a 9- to 7-million-year-old Late Miocene hominoid from Italy, provide insights into the postural and locomotor behavior of this fossil ape. Digital image processing of calibrated hip bone radiographs reveals the occurrence of trabecular features, which, in humans and fossil hominids, are related to vertical support of the body weight, i.e., to bipedality.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8795

Authors: Lorenzo Rook, Luca Bondioli, Meike Köhler, Salvador Moyà-Solà, Roberto Macchiarelli

Institutions: Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography, Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, University of Florence

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2060945720

FWCI: 7.744

Cites: 15

Cited by: 143

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