Bipedal behavior of olive baboons ( Papio anubis ) and its relevance to an understanding of the evolution of human bipedalism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8320538
AutoresM D Rose (University of Nairobi, autor de correspondencia)
Año1976
Volumen44
Número2
Páginas247-261
Fecha de publicación1976-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330440207
PMID816205
OpenAlexW2039996820
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas37
Referencias citadas23

The bipedal behavior of a troop of olive baboons ( Papio anubis ) is described. Bipedalism is relatively rare but nevertheless occurs in a wide variety of situations, although bipedalism during feeding occurs much more frequently than in other situations. The incidence of bipedalism varies between different age‐sex classes and between individuals within age‐sex classes. This pattern of bipedalism occurred within an overall adaptive response, particularly in feeding behavior, which was similar to that of the gelada baboon ( Theropithecus gelada ). The data on bipedalism is used together with an existing model of early hominid differentiation based on T. gelada to indicate the types of bipedal behavior which might have occurred in early hominid small object feeders and to suggest how a bipedal pattern of this type might have served as a basis for the action of selection for a more committedly bipedal pattern at later stages of hominid evolution

Baboon · Biology · Bipedalism · Evolutionary biology · Papio anubis · Primate · Zoology · Anatomy · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Ecology · Primate Behavior and Ecology