The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism

The ancestral condition from which humans evolved is critical for understanding the adaptive origin of bipedal locomotion. The 4.4 million-year-old hominin partial skeleton attributed to Ardipithecus ramidus preserves a foot that purportedly shares morphometric affinities with monkeys, but this inte...

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Main Author: Thomas Cody Prang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/44433