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ArticleeLife2021

Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in

Anjali M Prabhat, Catherine K Miller, Thomas Cody Prang, Jeffrey Spear, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Environmental Context of Hominin Foot Evolution.American journal of biological anthropology · 2026
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  3. Heel-strike mechanics reveal evolutionary trade-offs in hominin bipedalism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. Comparative Morphometric Analysis of the Pelvis of LB 1 (Homo floresiensis).American journal of biological anthropology · 2026
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  5. Homo luzonensis and the role of homoplasy in the morphology of hominin insular species.Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society · 2026
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  7. New fossils ofeLife · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Anjali M PrabhatAnthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0654-3455
Catherine K MillerAnthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0352-3777
Thomas Cody PrangDepartment of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3032-8309
Jeffrey SpearCenter for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0290-7090
Scott A WilliamsCenter for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7860-8962
Jeremy M DeSilvaAnthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7010-1155

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of bipedalism and reduced reliance on arboreality in hominins resulted in larger lower limb joints relative to the joints of the upper limb. The pattern and timing of this transition, however, remains unresolved. Here, we find the limb joint proportions of

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Biological EvolutionAnimalsFossilsHominidaeHumansJointsLower ExtremityPhylogenyUpper ExtremityAustralopithecusbipedalismevolutionary biologyhomininHomohumanhuman evolution

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PMID33978569
PMCPMC8116054

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