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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| author | Sergio Almécija Melissa Tallman Hesham M. Sallam John G. Fleagle Ashley S. Hammond Erik R. Seiffert |
| author_facet | Sergio Almécija Melissa Tallman Hesham M. Sallam John G. Fleagle Ashley S. Hammond Erik R. Seiffert |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-5890c9e401f543d4be1bff5907bf2ba02022-12-21T19:09:15ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-11-011011910.1038/s41467-019-12742-0Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolutionSergio Almécija0Melissa Tallman1Hesham M. Sallam2John G. Fleagle3Ashley S. Hammond4Erik R. Seiffert5Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural HistoryDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State UniversityMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Mansoura UniversityDepartment of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook UniversityDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural HistoryDepartment of Integrative Anatomical Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaThe 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12742-0 |
| spellingShingle | Sergio Almécija Melissa Tallman Hesham M. Sallam John G. Fleagle Ashley S. Hammond Erik R. Seiffert Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution Nature Communications |
| title | Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution |
| title_full | Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution |
| title_fullStr | Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution |
| title_short | Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution |
| title_sort | early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind limb evolution |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12742-0 |
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