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Upright walking has driven unique vascular specialization of the hominin ilium

BACKGROUND: A 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...

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Autores principales: Zirkle, Dexter, Meindl, Richard S., Lovejoy, C. Owen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8532992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34721969
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12240