Talocrural joint in African hominoids
Implications for Australopithecus afarensis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8314524 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Latimer (Kent State University, corresponding author), James C Ohman (0000-0002-3789-3469, Kent State University), C Owen Lovejoy (0000-0003-0053-4523, Cleveland Museum of Natural History) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-175 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| 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.1330740204 |
| PMID | 3122581 |
| OpenAlex | W2022581421 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 119 |
| References cited | 18 |
Talocrural joints of the African apes, modern humans, and A.L.288‐1 are compared in order to investigate ankle function in the Hadar hominids. Comparisons between the hominids and African pongids clearly illustrate the anatomical and mechanical changes that occurred in this joint as a consequence of the evolutionary transition to habitual bipedality. Features which are considered include the obliquity of the distal tibial articular surface, the shape of the talar trochlea, and the location and functional implications of the talocrural axis. In every functionally significant feature examined the A.L.288‐1 talocrural joint is fully bipedal. Moreover, the Hadar ankle complex also shows the functional constraints which are necessarily imposed by the adaptation to habitual bipedalism
Ankle · Australopithecus · Biological evolution · Biology · Bipedalism · Evolutionary biology · Evolutionary developmental biology · Hominidae · Joint (building · Paleoanthropology · Anatomy · Morphological variations and asymmetry · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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Australopithecus afarensis and the single species hypothesis
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Variation in hominid brain size
Species Concepts and Speciation
Origin of Bipedal Locomotion
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