ArticleRoyal Society open science2023
Downclimbing and the evolution of ape forelimb morphologies.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- A kinematic convergence in ape and monkey vertical climbing informs debates on early hominin arborealism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Quantitative Study of Elbow Ligaments in Modern Humans (Homo sapiens) and Common Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).American journal of biological anthropology · 2026Article
- The Forms and Structures of Chimpanzee Algae Fishing.American journal of primatology · 2026Article
- Feeding in Forest Chimpanzees: Do Food Type and Canopy Location Predict Positional Behavior?American journal of biological anthropology · 2026Article
- Commemorating the monkey bars, catalyst of debate at the intersection of human evolutionary biology and public health.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2024Review
- Downclimbing and the evolution of ape forelimb morphologies.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
The forelimbs of hominoid primates (apes) are decidedly more flexible than those of monkeys, especially at the shoulder, elbow and wrist joints. It is tempting to link the greater mobility of these joints to the functional demands of vertical climbing and below-branch suspension, but field-based kinematic studies have found few differences between chimpanzees and monkeys when comparing forelimb excursion angles during vertical ascent (upclimbing). There is, however, a strong theoretical argument for focusing instead on vertical descent (downclimbing), which motivated us to quantify the effects of climbing directionality on the forelimb kinematics of wild chimpanzees (
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