Arched footprints preserve the motions of fossil hominin feet

2023/01/05 by Kevin G. Hatala, Stephen M. Gatesy, Peter L. Falkingham +1 · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology

paper · doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01929-2

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Citations

• Complete Fourth Metatarsal and Arches in the Foot of Australopithecus afarensis
• Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominins
• Endurance running and the evolution of Homo
• New footprints from Laetoli (Tanzania) provide evidence for marked body size variation in early hominins
• Stiffness of the human foot and evolution of the transverse arch
• Hominin track assemblages from Okote Member deposits near Ileret, Kenya, and their implications for understanding fossil hominin paleobiology at 1.5 Ma

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