Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution
The proximal femur is key for understanding locomotion in primates. Here, the authors analyze the evolution of the proximal femur in catarrhines, including a new Aegyptopithecus fossil, and suggest that Old World monkeys and hominoids diverged from an ancestral state similar to Aegyptopithecus.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2019-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12742-0 |