The functional and evolutionary implications of primitive retentions in early hominin feet have been under debate since the discovery of Australopithecus afarensis. Ontogeny can provide insight into adult phenotypes, but juvenile early hominin foot fossils are exceptionally rare. We analyze a nearly complete, 3.32-million-year-old juvenile foot of A. afarensis (DIK-1-1f). We show that juvenile A. afarensis individuals already had many of the bipedal features found in adult specimens. However, they also had medial cuneiform traits associated with increased hallucal mobility and a more gracile calcaneal tuber, which is unexpected on the basis of known adult morphologies. Selection for traits functionally associated with juvenile pedal graspin...
A well-preserved and articulated partial foot and ankle of Australopithecus sediba, including an ass...
Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence w...
Laetoli is a well-known palaeontological locality in northern Tanzania whose outstanding record incl...
The functional and evolutionary implications of primitive retentions in early hominin feet have been...
The functional and evolutionary implications of primitive retentions in early hominin feet have been...
Since it was named in 1978, analyses of Australopithecus afarensis have culminated in several domina...
Understanding changes in ontogenetic development is central to the study of human evolution. With th...
BACKGROUND: In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
BACKGROUND. In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
Human, and hominin tracks, occur infrequently within the geological record as rare acts of sedimenta...
Reconstructing early hominin locomotor repertoires remains critical to understanding human origins. ...
Modern humans are characterized by a highly specialized foot that reflects our obligate bipedalism. ...
Hominin footprints offer evidence about gait and foot shape, but their scarcity, combined with an in...
This thesis explores form variation in the adult tarsal skeleton of extant and fossil hominoids. Thr...
Modern humans are characterized by a highly specialized foot that reflects our obligate bipedalism. ...
A well-preserved and articulated partial foot and ankle of Australopithecus sediba, including an ass...
Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence w...
Laetoli is a well-known palaeontological locality in northern Tanzania whose outstanding record incl...
The functional and evolutionary implications of primitive retentions in early hominin feet have been...
The functional and evolutionary implications of primitive retentions in early hominin feet have been...
Since it was named in 1978, analyses of Australopithecus afarensis have culminated in several domina...
Understanding changes in ontogenetic development is central to the study of human evolution. With th...
BACKGROUND: In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
BACKGROUND. In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
Human, and hominin tracks, occur infrequently within the geological record as rare acts of sedimenta...
Reconstructing early hominin locomotor repertoires remains critical to understanding human origins. ...
Modern humans are characterized by a highly specialized foot that reflects our obligate bipedalism. ...
Hominin footprints offer evidence about gait and foot shape, but their scarcity, combined with an in...
This thesis explores form variation in the adult tarsal skeleton of extant and fossil hominoids. Thr...
Modern humans are characterized by a highly specialized foot that reflects our obligate bipedalism. ...
A well-preserved and articulated partial foot and ankle of Australopithecus sediba, including an ass...
Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence w...
Laetoli is a well-known palaeontological locality in northern Tanzania whose outstanding record incl...