Arrangement of foot interosseous muscles in African great apes.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23685
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The dorsal interossei of the human foot are arranged so that they abduct the digits around the second digit, while those of non-hominoid anthropoid primates are mostly arranged around the third or fourth digit.… read more here.
Keywords: second digit; arrangement foot; great apes; foot interosseous ... See more keywords
Population Genomics in the Great Apes.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0199-0_19
Abstract: The great apes play an important role as model organisms. They are our closest living relatives, allowing us to identify the genetic basis of phenotypic traits that we think of as characteristically human. However, the… read more here.
Keywords: genomics great; great apes; population genomics; biology ... See more keywords
Superoxide dismutase 1 is positively selected to minimize protein aggregation in great apes
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DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2519-8
Abstract: Positive (adaptive) selection has recently been implied in human superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), a highly abundant antioxidant protein with energy signaling and antiaging functions, one of very few examples of direct selection on a human… read more here.
Keywords: protein; sod1; selection; great apes ... See more keywords
Exceptional Evolutionary Expansion of Prefrontal Cortex in Great Apes and Humans
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.020
Abstract: One of the enduring questions that has driven neuroscientific enquiry in the last century has been the nature of differences in the prefrontal cortex of humans versus other animals [1]. The prefrontal cortex has drawn… read more here.
Keywords: cortical organization; expansion; cortex; great apes ... See more keywords
High-quality genomes reveal new differences between the great apes
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05679-9
Abstract: High-quality genome sequences for some of the great apes have been assembled using state-of-the-art sequencing tools. The assemblies provide an unbiased comparison between humans and their closest evolutionary relatives.High-quality genome sequences for some of the… read more here.
Keywords: reveal new; high quality; genomes reveal; great apes ... See more keywords
A new Miocene ape and locomotion in the ancestor of great apes and humans
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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1731-0
Abstract: Many ideas have been proposed to explain the origin of bipedalism in hominins and suspension in great apes (hominids); however, fossil evidence has been lacking. It has been suggested that bipedalism in hominins evolved from… read more here.
Keywords: apes humans; ancestor; miocene; great apes ... See more keywords
Evidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14769-z
Abstract: Habituation of wild great apes for tourism and research has had a significant positive effect on the conservation of these species. However, risks associated with such activities have been identified, specifically the transmission of human… read more here.
Keywords: pneumoniae; wild captive; evidence; great apes ... See more keywords
Effects of Land cover change on Great Apes distribution at the Lobéké National Park and its surrounding Forest Management Units, South-East Cameroon. A 13 year time series analysis
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36225-2
Abstract: Understanding the effects of land cover change on wildlife distribution is very important for resource management and conservation planning. This paper aimed at detecting the effects of land cover change on great apes distribution at… read more here.
Keywords: effects land; change; cover change; great apes ... See more keywords
Orangutans show active voicing through a membranophone
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48760-7
Abstract: Active voicing – voluntary control over vocal fold oscillation – is essential for speech. Nonhuman great apes can learn new consonant- and vowel-like calls, but active voicing by our closest relatives has historically been the… read more here.
Keywords: membranophone; voicing membranophone; active voicing; great apes ... See more keywords
Talar trochlear morphology may not be a good skeletal indicator of locomotor behavior in humans and great apes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03429-y
Abstract: To reconstruct locomotor behaviors of fossil hominins and understand the evolution of bipedal locomotion in the human lineage, it is important to clarify the functional morphology of the talar trochlea in humans and extant great… read more here.
Keywords: locomotor; locomotor behavior; trochlear morphology; great apes ... See more keywords
Pantomime and imitation in great apes
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DOI: 10.1075/is.17028.rus
Abstract: Abstract This paper assesses great apes’ abilities for pantomime and action imitation, two communicative abilities proposed as key contributors to language evolution. Modern great apes, the only surviving nonhuman hominids, are important living models of… read more here.
Keywords: imitation great; action imitation; pantomime imitation; imitation ... See more keywords