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ArticleScience advances2026

Proportional limb strengths signal an adaptive shift in arboreality in early human evolution.

Kristian J Carlson, Christopher B Ruff, M Loring Burgess, Adam D Sylvester, Tea Jashashvili, Jason L Heaton, Travis R Pickering, Lauren Sarringhaus, Timothy M Ryan, Amélie Beaudet and 6 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Kristian J CarlsonDivision of Integrative Anatomical Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5802-9680
Christopher B RuffCenter for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
M Loring BurgessOsteology and Paleoanthropology Department, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8336-1359
Adam D SylvesterCenter for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5234-074X
Tea JashashviliSamuel Oschin Cancer Center, OncoBiobank Shared Resource, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Jason L HeatonEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, WITS 2050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8039-4748
Travis R PickeringEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, WITS 2050, South Africa.
Lauren SarringhausDepartment of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8819-5118
Timothy M RyanDepartment of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16803, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3088-0542
Amélie BeaudetLaboratoire de Paléontologie, Évolution, Paléoécosystèmes et Paléoprimatologie, University of Poitiers, Poitiers 86000, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9363-5966
Robin H CromptonSchool of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology and Department of Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7441-1748
A J HeileDepartment of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-5018-6894
Dominic StratfordSchool of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, WITS 2050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9790-8848
Kathleen KumanSchool of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, WITS 2050, South Africa.
David LordkipanidzeGeorgian National Museum, Tbilisi 0105, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0003-4894-4038
Ronald J ClarkeEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, WITS 2050, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How much arboreality characterized the

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBiological EvolutionExtremitiesHominidaeLocomotionAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaFossilsHumans

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PMID42748245
PMCPMC13580597

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