Textural properties and functional morphology of the hip bone cancellous network of Oreopithecus bambolii, a 9- to 7-million-year-old Late Miocene hominoid from Italy, provide insights into the postural and locomotor behavior of this fossil ape. Digital image processing of calibrated hip bone radiographs reveals the occurrence of trabecular features, which, in humans and fossil hominids, are related to vertical support of the body weight, i.e., to bipedality.
Oreopithecus was a bipedal ape after all: Evidence from the iliac cancellous architecture / L. ROOK; BONDIOLI L.; KÖHLER M.; MOYÁ SOLÁ S.; MACCHIARELLI R.. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. - ISSN 0027-8424. - STAMPA. - 96:(1999), pp. 8795-8799. [10.1073/pnas.96.15.8795]
Oreopithecus was a bipedal ape after all: Evidence from the iliac cancellous architecture.
ROOK, LORENZO;
1999
Abstract
Textural properties and functional morphology of the hip bone cancellous network of Oreopithecus bambolii, a 9- to 7-million-year-old Late Miocene hominoid from Italy, provide insights into the postural and locomotor behavior of this fossil ape. Digital image processing of calibrated hip bone radiographs reveals the occurrence of trabecular features, which, in humans and fossil hominids, are related to vertical support of the body weight, i.e., to bipedality.
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