New insights into the first cervical vertebrae of Otavipithecus and Nacholapithecus

Abstract Fossil hominoids are crucial to understand the selection pressures that played a role in the emergence of modern hominoid positional behaviors. Here we investigate the morphology of the atlas of Otavipithecus namibiensis (GSN BA 104’91, Namibia) and Nacholapithecus kerioi (KNM-BG 35250BE, K...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Amélie Beaudet, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Fredrick Kyalo Manthi, Emmanuel Ndiema, Dominic Stratford, Bernhard Zipfel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Subjects:
Atlas
Afropithecidae
Locomotion
Posture
Geometric morphometrics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09006-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09006-x

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