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ArticlePeerJ2021

Upright walking has driven unique vascular specialization of the hominin ilium.

Dexter Zirkle, Richard S Meindl, C Owen Lovejoy

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Article in PeerJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dexter ZirkleDivision of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States.
Richard S MeindlDivision of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States.
C Owen LovejoyDivision of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States.
Kent State University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA novel physis in hominins modulates broadening and shortening of the ilium. We report analysis of a vascular canal system whose origin may be associated with this physis and which appears to be also unique to hominins. Its presence is potentially identifiable in the fossil record by its association with a highly enlarged foramen that is consistently present in modern humans and hominin fossils.

methodsWe measured the diameter of this foramen in humans, fossil hominins, and African great apes and corrected for body size.

resultsThe mean relative human foramen diameter is significantly greater than those of either

conclusionsWe posit that the presence and significant enlargement of this foramen in fossils can reasonably serve as an indicator that its anterior inferior iliac spine emerged

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ArdipithecusAustralopithecusBipedalityHomininPhysis

Identifiers

PMID34721969
PMCPMC8532992
OpenAlexW3207858661

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