The Development of Hand and Foot in Hominoidea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15801436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Toby Cockcroft (Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The University of Western Ontario Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2561-7818 • E-ISSN: 2561-7818 |
| Publisher | University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5206/uwoja.v1i1.8730 |
| OpenAlex | W779420042 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
It is generally accepted that the hominoid branch developed from an unspecialised arboreal. quadruped ancestor. The current morphology of the hand and the foot represents an adaptation to brachiation that directly supports this conclusion. This essay will attempt to verify this hypothesis. However, due to the relative scarcity of postcranial fossil evidence. an evolutionary study of the development of the hand and the foot in Homo is relatively difficult. With a comparative study of the limbs of existing primates, added to the knowledge of their evolutionary closeness to Homo and supported by the fossil record, a pattern of development and the process by which bipedal locomotion evolved from a brachial ancestor can be understood
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |