Fore‐ and hindlimb proportions in Plio‐Pleistocene hominids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8317295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry M Mchenry (University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-22 |
| Publication date | 1978-07-01 |
| 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.1330490104 |
| PMID | 98053 |
| OpenAlex | W2075850313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 45 |
| References cited | 43 |
Associated fore‐ and hindlimb parts of five individuals are known from the hominid Plio‐Pleistocene fossil collections in Africa. Four of these have been classified as Australopithecus and show definite evidence that in comparison with humans, forelimbs were relatively large and hindlimbs were relatively small. The fourth individual, placed in the genus Homo , has human proportions. These findings do not necessarily imply locomotor differences: the forelimbs may have been relatively long in Australopithecus simply because they were as yet not completely reduced from their generalized hominoid ancestral state
Australopithecus · Biological evolution · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Hindlimb · Hominidae · Pleistocene · Plio-Pleistocene · Zoology · Anatomy · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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The earliest archaeological traces
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Introduction to KSD-VP-1/1
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Bipedalism as a brachiating adaptation
Evolution of femur and tibia in higher primates
Evolution of Hominid Femur and Tibia
The Pipestem Burial
Australopithecines
Scavenging or Hunting in Early Hominids
The Pattern of Human Evolution
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| Unique citing works | 45 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,96 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2025 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 44 |