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Tango01 | 05 Dec 2013 11:19 a.m. PST |
Was Similar to Ancient Apes and 'Lucy' but Not Living Apes. "An analysis of the femur of one of the oldest human ancestors reveals the six-million-year-old "Millenium Man" was bipedal but lived in the trees. The research, led by Stony Brook University researchers and their team of international paleoanthropologists, could provide additional insight to the origins of human bipedalism and is published in Nature Communications. In the research paper, titled "The femur of Orrorin tugenensis exhibits morphometric affinities with both Micoene apes and later hominins," Lead Investigator Sergio Almécija, PhD, a Research Instructor from the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and co-authors clarify and contextualize Orrorin tugenensis, or Millenium Man's place in human and ape evolution. The team completed 3D geometric morphometric analyses on the shape and characteristics of the femur of Orrorin, which revealed its morphology to be an "intermediate" between fossil apes and later human ancestors (hominins). The findings opens a new avenue in bipedal evolution research as they illustrate that hominins and living apes evolved in different directions from fossil apes from the Miocene (23 to 5 million years ago)
" Full article here link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
Brian Smaller | 05 Dec 2013 8:56 p.m. PST |
"Early Tree-Dwelling Bipedal Human Ancestor
" Or as we Kiwis like to call them
Aussies. |
Tango01 | 06 Dec 2013 10:04 a.m. PST |
Ha!Ha!Ha!. Good one Brian!. Amicalement Armand |
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