A well-preserved and articulated partial foot and ankle of Australopithecus sediba, including an associated complete adult distal tibia, talus, and calcaneus, have been discovered at the Malapa site, South Africa, and reported in direct association with the female paratype Malapa Hominin 2. These fossils reveal a mosaic of primitive and derived features that are distinct from those seen in other hominins. The ankle (talocrural) joint is mostly humanlike in form and inferred function, and there is some evidence for a humanlike arch and Achilles tendon. However, Au. sediba is apelike in possessing a more gracile calcaneal body and a more robust medial malleolus than expected. These observations suggest, if present models of foot function are ...
We describe late Pliocene and early Pleistocene hominin fossils from Sterkfontein Caves (South Afric...
Adaptations indicative of habitual bipedalism are present in the earliest recognized hominins. Howev...
Adaptations of the lower back to bipedalism are frequently discussed but infrequently demonstrated i...
The discovery of a relatively complete Australopithecus sediba adult female skeleton permits a detai...
The evolution of the human upper limb involved a change in function from its use for both locomotion...
Four articulating hominid foot bones have been recovered from Sterkfontein Member 2, near Johannesbu...
Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its relation...
Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its relation...
Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its relation...
Adaptations of the lower back to bipedalism are frequently discussed but infrequently demonstrated i...
Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence w...
BACKGROUND. In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
StW 114/115, from Sterkfontein, South Africa, is the earliest complete hominin fifth metatarsal. Com...
BACKGROUND: In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
The functional and evolutionary implications of primitive retentions in early hominin feet have been...
We describe late Pliocene and early Pleistocene hominin fossils from Sterkfontein Caves (South Afric...
Adaptations indicative of habitual bipedalism are present in the earliest recognized hominins. Howev...
Adaptations of the lower back to bipedalism are frequently discussed but infrequently demonstrated i...
The discovery of a relatively complete Australopithecus sediba adult female skeleton permits a detai...
The evolution of the human upper limb involved a change in function from its use for both locomotion...
Four articulating hominid foot bones have been recovered from Sterkfontein Member 2, near Johannesbu...
Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its relation...
Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its relation...
Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its relation...
Adaptations of the lower back to bipedalism are frequently discussed but infrequently demonstrated i...
Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence w...
BACKGROUND. In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
StW 114/115, from Sterkfontein, South Africa, is the earliest complete hominin fifth metatarsal. Com...
BACKGROUND: In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, ...
The functional and evolutionary implications of primitive retentions in early hominin feet have been...
We describe late Pliocene and early Pleistocene hominin fossils from Sterkfontein Caves (South Afric...
Adaptations indicative of habitual bipedalism are present in the earliest recognized hominins. Howev...
Adaptations of the lower back to bipedalism are frequently discussed but infrequently demonstrated i...