The vertical‐climbing account of the evolution of locomotor behavior and morphology in
hominid ancestry is reexamined in light of recent behavioral, anatomical, and …

Population-level right-handedness is a defining characteristic of humans. Despite extensive
research, we still do not know the conditions or timing of its emergence in human evolution …

The relationship between locomotor behavior and long bone structural proportions is
examined in 179 individuals and 13 species of hominoids and cercopithecoids. Articular …

Several elements of the Ardipithecus ramidus foot are preserved, primarily in the ARA-VP-
6/500 partial skeleton. The foot has a widely abducent hallux, which was not propulsive …

The Ardipithecus ramidus hand and wrist exhibit none of the derived mechanisms that
restrict motion in extant great apes and are reminiscent of those of Miocene apes, such as …

A new partial skeleton of Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya (KNM‐MW
13142) includes five lumbar vertebrae, a partial sacrum, and nearly complete hipbone. Until …

Body mass estimation equations are generated from long bone cross‐sectional diaphyseal
and articular surface dimensions in 176 individuals and 12 species of hominoids and …

Hominoids, or taxa identified as hominoids, are known from much of Africa, Asia, and
Europe since the Late Oligocene. The earliest such taxa, from Africa, resemble extant …

Bipedalism is a hallmark of being human and the human foot is modified to reflect this
unique form of locomotion. Leonardo da Vinci is credited with calling the human foot “a …

There are 26 bones in each foot (52 in total), meaning that roughly a quarter of the human
skeleton consists of foot bones. Yet, early hominin foot fossils are frustratingly rare, making it …