Preliminary analysis of Nacholapithecus scapula and clavicle from Nachola, Kenya
| Autor: | Brigitte Senut, Miyuki Kagaya, Hidemi Ishida, Yoshihiko Nakano, Yutaka Kunimatsu, Daisuke Shimizu, Masato Nakatsukasa, Hiroshi Tsujikawa, Tomo Takano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Scapulohumeral Joint Scapula medicine Animals 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0601 history and archaeology 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Acromion 060101 anthropology Anthropometry biology Fossils Shoulder Joint 05 social sciences Hominidae 06 humanities and the arts Anatomy biology.organism_classification Clavicle Kenya Ugandapithecus medicine.anatomical_structure Proconsul (primate) Animal ecology Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Primates. 45:97-104 |
| ISSN: | 0032-8332 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10329-003-0073-5 |
| Popis: | The Miocene ape Nacholapithecus is known from rather complete skeletons; some of them preserve the shoulder joint, identified by three scapulae and one clavicle. Comparisons made with other Miocene and living apes ( Proconsul, Equatorius, Ugandapithecus) suggest that the mobility of the scapulohumeral joint was important, and scapular features such as the morphology and position of the spine and the morphology of the acromion and axillary border resemble those of climbing arboreal primates except for chimpanzees, gorillas, or orang-utans. From the size of the scapula (male Nasalis size), it is clear that the animal is smaller than an adult chimpanzee, but the clavicle is almost as relatively long as those of chimpanzees. Some features closer to colobine morphology reinforce the hypothesis that Nacholapithecus was probably a good climber and was definitely adapted for an arboreal life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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