A new species of Simiolus from the middle Miocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.09.002
Abstract: A new species of the "small-bodied ape" Simiolus is described here that extends the temporal range of the genus to the end of the Middle Miocene. As such, it is one of the few species… read more here.
Keywords: new species; miocene; simiolus middle; middle miocene ... See more keywords
The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.44433
Abstract: The ancestral condition from which humans evolved is critical for understanding the adaptive origin of bipedal locomotion. The 4.4 million-year-old hominin partial skeleton attributed to Ardipithecus ramidus preserves a foot that purportedly shares morphometric affinities… read more here.
Keywords: ramidus; bipedalism; ape like; foot ... See more keywords