A morphometric and taxonomic assessment of a hominine femur from the lower member, Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8313402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G E Kennedy, Gail Kennedy (0000-0002-4196-6739, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 429-436 |
| Publication date | 1983-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330610405 |
| PMID | 6414307 |
| OpenAlex | W2155503350 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 36 |
Previous research by this author and others has indicated that species‐level differentiation within the hominines can be detected in the femur. The femoral shaft of Homo erectus , relative to H. sapiens , demonstrates small anteroposterior diameters, a distally placed point of minimum shaft breadth, and increased cortical thickness resulting in medullary stenosis. This pattern has been identified in specimens from Choukoutien (I and IV), Olduvai (OH 28), and Lake Turkana (KNM ER 737). Findings reported here include anatomical comparisons and univariate and multivariate analyses based on external and internal shaft morphology. These results indicate that the femoral pattern characteristic of H. erectus can be identified in KNM ER 1481a recovered at Lake Turkana below the KBS tuff. Recent dating of that tuff indicates a date of ca. 1.8 mya, thereby yielding a date for KNM ER 1481a of ≏ 2.0 mya. Known H. erectus femora extend over a broad span and yet show very low, variability; this pronounced stasis would strongly suggest that, at least in this portion of the postcranium, H. erectus was in a period of profound morphological stasis
Archaeology · Biology · Femur · Geography · Homo erectus · Homo sapiens · Pleistocene · Anatomy · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Proximal femoral diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry in Orrorin tugenensis
Bodies, Brawn, Brains and Noses
Literaturverzeichnis
Hominid growth and development from australopithecines to Middle Pleistocene Homo
Origin and evolution of the genus Homo
Framing the Question
Flaked stones and old bones
A re-examination of a human femur found at the Blind River Site, East London, South Africa
Postnatal ontogeny of tibia and femur form in two human populations
What's New in African Paleoanthropology
The Emergence of Homo Sapiens
Evolution of femur and tibia in higher primates
First record of a middle pliocene hominid from the Siwalik Hills of South Asia
Wenner‐Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Postcranial robusticity in Homo . I
The effect of lower limb length on the energetic cost of locomotion
Phylogenetic Analysis of Early Hominids [and Comments and Reply]
Geometric morphometric analyses of hominid proximal femora
Rates of evolution
Are the Kow Swamp hominids “archaic”
One hundred years of paleoanthropology
Does KNM‐ER 1481A establish Homo erectus at 2.0 myr BP
Morphology of the Homo naledi femora from Lesedi
Fossil Homo femur from Berg Aukas, northern Namibia
Variation among early Homo crania from Olduvai Gorge and the Koobi Fora region
The shape of the early hominin proximal femur
The endostructural pattern of a middle pleistocene human femoral diaphysis from the Karain E site (Southern Anatolia, Turkey)
Biomechanics of the hip and birth in early Homo
Natural history ofHomo erectus
Nasal morphology and the emergence of Homo erectus
Body proportions of Homo habilis reviewed
Variation in fibular robusticity reflects variation in mobility patterns
A fossil hominoid proximal femur from Kikorongo Crater, southwestern Uganda
Some aspects of femoral morphology in Homo erectus
Was "Lucy" more human than her "child"? Observations on early hominid postcranial skeletons
On the autapomorphic traits of Homo erectus
Bone thickness in Homo erectus
Re-evaluation of Pleistocene and Holocene long bone robusticity trends with regards to age-at-death estimates and size standardization procedures
Making meaning from fragmentary fossils
The taxonomic attribution of African hominin postcrania from the Miocene through the Pleistocene
Analyses of measurements taken from adult femurs of a British population
EarlyHomo
The Fossil Evidence for Modern Human Origins in Africa
Du pilastre et de la linea aspera et de leurs relations avec la bipédie permanente
Geology of the Olduvai Gorge
Evidence for an Advanced Plio-Pleistocene Hominid from East Rudolf, Kenya
Some evidence of chronology and palaeoecology of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai from the fossil Bovidae
Postcranial Remains of Homo erectus from Bed IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Further evidence of Lower Pleistocene hominids from East Rudolf, North Kenya, 1973
Australopithecus, Homo erectus and the single species hypothesis
Punctuated equilibria
Australopithecus, Homo erectus, and the Single Species Hypothesis
A commentary on the use of multivariate statistical methods in anthropometric research
New hominids from East Rudolf, Kenya, I
New australopithecines from East Rudolf, Kenya (III)
New evidence of the genus Homo from east Rudolf, Kenya. I
Some African fossil foot bones
Morphology of the Pliocene partial hominid skeleton (A.L. 288‐1) from the Hadar formation, Ethiopia
New australopithecines from East Rudolf, Kenya (II)
Hominid lower limb bones recovered from the Hadar formation
Hominid upper limb bones recovered from the Hadar formation
New Australopithecus femora from East Rudolf, Kenya
"On "Homo Habilis
| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,02 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2023 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |