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Phalangeal curvature in a chimpanzee raised like a human: Implications for inferring arboreality in fossil hominins

Arboreal primates such as chimpanzees exhibit pronounced curvature in their hand and foot phalanges, which is assumed to develop throughout life in response to mechanical loads produced by grasping and hanging from branches. Intriguingly, ancient fossil hominins also exhibit substantial phalangeal c...

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Pubblicato in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Autori principali: Wallace, Ian J., Burgess, M. Loring, Patel, Biren A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: National Academy of Sciences 2020
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260939/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32393625
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004371117
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