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Thompson NE, Rubinstein D, Parrella-O'Donnell W, Brett MA, Demes B, Larson SG, O'Neill MC. The loss of the 'pelvic step' in human evolution. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:271233. [PMID: 34412111 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.240440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human bipedalism entails relatively short strides compared with facultatively bipedal primates. Unique non-sagittal-plane motions associated with bipedalism may account for part of this discrepancy. Pelvic rotation anteriorly translates the hip, contributing to bipedal stride length (i.e. the 'pelvic step'). Facultative bipedalism in non-human primates entails much larger pelvic rotation than in humans, suggesting that a larger pelvic step may contribute to their relatively longer strides. We collected data on the pelvic step in bipedal chimpanzees and over a wide speed range of human walking. At matched dimensionless speeds, humans have 26.7% shorter dimensionless strides, and a pelvic step 5.4 times smaller than bipedal chimpanzees. Differences in pelvic rotation explain 31.8% of the difference in dimensionless stride length between the two species. We suggest that relative stride lengths and the pelvic step have been significantly reduced throughout the course of hominin evolution.
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- Nathan E Thompson
- Department of Anatomy, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568,USA
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- NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568,USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794,USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794,USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308,USA
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Kenyon-Flatt B, Conaway MA, Lycett SJ, von Cramon-Taubadel N. The relative efficacy of the cranium and os coxa for taxonomic assessment in macaques. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2020; 173:350-367. [PMID: 32594518 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The cranium is generally considered more reliable than the postcranium for assessing primate taxonomy, although recent research suggests that pelvic shape may be equally reliable. However, little research has focused on intrageneric taxonomic discrimination. Here, we test the relative taxonomic efficacy of the cranium and os coxa for differentiating two macaque species, with and without considering sexual dimorphism. MATERIALS AND METHODS Geometric morphometric analyses were performed on cranial and os coxa landmarks for 119 adult Macaca fascicularis, M. mulatta, and Chlorocebus pygerythrus. Among-group shape variation was examined using canonical variates analyses. Cross-validated discriminant function analysis provided rates of correct group classification. Additionally, average morphological distances were compared with neutral genetic distances. RESULTS Macaque species were clearly differentiated, both cranially and pelvically, when sex was not considered. Males were more often correctly classified based on the os coxa, while female classification rates were high for both morphologies. Female crania and male os coxa were differentiated approximately the same as genetic distance, while male crania were more similar (convergent), and female os coxa were more divergent than expected based on genetic distance. DISCUSSION The hypothesis that cranial and os coxal shape can be used to discriminate among macaque species was supported. The cranium was better at differentiating females, while the os coxa was better at differentiating male macaques. Hence, there is no a priori reason for preferring the cranium when assessing intragenetic taxonomic relationships, but the effects of high levels of sexual dimorphism must be corrected for to accurately assess taxonomic signatures.
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- Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
- Buffalo Human Evolutionary Morphology Lab, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Buffalo Human Evolutionary Morphology Lab, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Buffalo Human Evolutionary Morphology Lab, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Lewton KL, Brankovic R, Byrd WA, Cruz D, Morales J, Shin S. The effects of phylogeny, body size, and locomotor behavior on the three-dimensional shape of the pelvis in extant carnivorans. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8574. [PMID: 32117630 PMCID: PMC7036272 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The mammalian pelvis is thought to exhibit adaptations to the functional demands of locomotor behaviors. Previous work in primates has identified form-function relationships between pelvic shape and locomotor behavior; few studies have documented such relationships in carnivorans, instead focusing on long bones. Most work on the functional morphology of the carnivoran pelvis, in particular, has used univariate measures, with only a few previous studies incorporating a three-dimensional (3D) analysis. Here we test the hypothesis that carnivoran taxa that are characterized by different locomotor modes also differ in 3D shape of the os coxae. Using 3D geometric morphometrics and phylogenetic comparative methods, we evaluate the phylogenetic, functional, and size-related effects on 3D pelvis shape in a sample of 33 species of carnivorans. Using surface models derived from laser scans, we collected a suite of landmarks (N = 24) and curve semilandmarks (N = 147). Principal component analysis on Procrustes coordinates demonstrates patterns of shape change in the ischiopubis and ilium likely related to allometry. Phylogenetic generalized least squares analysis on principal component scores demonstrates that phylogeny and body size have greater effects on pelvic shape than locomotor function. Our results corroborate recent research finding little evidence of locomotor specialization in the pelvis of carnivorans. More research on pelvic morphological integration and evolvability is necessary to understand the factors driving pelvic evolution in carnivorans.
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- Kristi L Lewton
- Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.,Department of Mammalogy, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.,Department of Life Sciences, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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- North Hollywood High School, North Hollywood, CA, United States of America
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Fatica LM, Almécija S, McFarlin SC, Hammond AS. Pelvic shape variation among gorilla subspecies: Phylogenetic and ecological signals. J Hum Evol 2019; 137:102684. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary. J Hum Evol 2019; 136:102645. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 07/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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O'Neill MC, Demes B, Thompson NE, Umberger BR. Three-dimensional kinematics and the origin of the hominin walking stride. J R Soc Interface 2019; 15:rsif.2018.0205. [PMID: 30089686 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Humans are unique among apes and other primates in the musculoskeletal design of their lower back and pelvis. While the last common ancestor of the Pan-Homo lineages has long been thought to be 'African ape-like', including in its lower back and ilia design, recent descriptions of early hominin and Miocene ape fossils have led to the proposal that its lower back and ilia were more similar to those of some Old World monkeys, such as macaques. Here, we compared three-dimensional kinematics of the pelvis and hind/lower limbs of bipedal macaques, chimpanzees and humans walking at similar dimensionless speeds to test the effects of lower back and ilia design on gait. Our results indicate that locomotor kinematics of bipedal macaques and chimpanzees are remarkably similar, with both species exhibiting greater pelvis motion and more flexed, abducted hind limbs than humans during walking. Some differences between macaques and chimpanzees in pelvis tilt and hip abduction were noted, but they were small in magnitude; larger differences were observed in ankle flexion. Our results suggest that if Pan and Homo diverged from a common ancestor whose lower back and ilia were either 'African ape-like' or more 'Old World monkey-like', at its origin, the hominin walking stride likely involved distinct (i.e. non-human-like) pelvis motion on flexed, abducted hind limbs.
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- Matthew C O'Neill
- Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2013, USA
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The hominid ilium is shaped by a synapomorphic growth mechanism that is unique within primates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:13915-13920. [PMID: 31235562 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1905242116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The human ilium is significantly shorter and broader than those of all other primates. In addition, it exhibits an anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) that emerges via a secondary center of ossification, which is unique to hominids (i.e., all taxa related to the human clade following their phyletic separation from the African apes). Here, we track the ontogeny of human and other primate ossa coxae. The human pattern is unique, from anlage to adulthood, and fusion of its AIIS is the capstone event in a repositioning of the anterior gluteals that maximizes control of pelvic drop during upright walking. It is therefore a hominid synapomorphy that can be used to assess the presence and age of bipedal locomotion in extinct taxa.
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Ward CV, Maddux SD, Middleton ER. Three‐dimensional anatomy of the anthropoid bony pelvis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2018; 166:3-25. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Carol V. Ward
- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, M263 Medical Sciences BuildingUniversity of MissouriColumbia Missouri 65212
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- Center for Anatomical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie BoulevardFt. Worth Texas 76107
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, M263 Medical Sciences BuildingUniversity of MissouriColumbia Missouri 65212
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Thompson NE, Almécija S. The evolution of vertebral formulae in Hominoidea. J Hum Evol 2017; 110:18-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Rosenberg KR, DeSilva JM. Evolution of the Human Pelvis. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2017; 300:789-797. [PMID: 28406563 DOI: 10.1002/ar.23580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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No bone in the human postcranial skeleton differs more dramatically from its match in an ape skeleton than the pelvis. Humans have evolved a specialized pelvis, well-adapted for the rigors of bipedal locomotion. Precisely how this happened has been the subject of great interest and contention in the paleoanthropological literature. In part, this is because of the fragility of the pelvis and its resulting rarity in the human fossil record. However, new discoveries from Miocene hominoids and Plio-Pleistocene hominins have reenergized debates about human pelvic evolution and shed new light on the competing roles of bipedal locomotion and obstetrics in shaping pelvic anatomy. In this issue, 13 papers address the evolution of the human pelvis. Here, we summarize these new contributions to our understanding of pelvic evolution, and share our own thoughts on the progress the field has made, and the questions that still remain. Anat Rec, 300:789-797, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Karen R Rosenberg
- Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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- Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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Hammond AS, Almécija S. Lower Ilium Evolution in Apes and Hominins. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2017; 300:828-844. [PMID: 28406561 DOI: 10.1002/ar.23545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Elucidating the pelvic morphology of the Pan-Homo last common ancestor (LCA) is crucial for understanding ape and human evolution. The pelvis of Ardipithecus ramidus has been the basis of controversial interpretations of the LCA pelvis. In particular, it was proposed that the lower ilium became elongate independently in the orangutan and chimpanzee clades, making these taxa poor analogues for the pelvis of the LCA. This study examines the variation in relative lower ilium height between and within living and fossil hominoid species (and other anthropoids), and models its evolution using available fossil hominoids as calibration points. We find nuanced differences in relative lower ilium height among living hominoids, particularly in regards to gorillas, which do not have elongate lower ilia (because they are likely to represent the plesiomorphic hominoid condition for this trait). We also show that differences in relative lower ilium height among hominoid taxa are not readily explained by differences in size between species. Our maximum likelihood ancestral state reconstructions support inferences that chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes in particular) and orangutans evolved their elongate lower ilia independently. We also find that the predicted lower ilium height of the Pan-Homo LCA is shorter than all great apes except gorillas. This study adds to a growing body of evidence that finds different regions of the body show different evolutionary histories in different hominoids, and underscores that the unique combinations of morphologies of each modern and fossil hominoid species should be considered when reconstructing the mosaic nature of the Pan-Homo LCA. Anat Rec, 300:828-844, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Ashley S Hammond
- Center for Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 20052
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- Center for Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 20052.,Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Hammond AS, Royer DF, Fleagle JG. The Omo-Kibish I pelvis. J Hum Evol 2017; 108:199-219. [PMID: 28552208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) from southern Ethiopia is the oldest anatomically modern Homo sapiens skeleton currently known (196 ± 5 ka). A partial hipbone (os coxae) of Omo I was recovered more than 30 years after the first portion of the skeleton was recovered, a find which is significant because human pelves can be informative about an individual's sex, age-at-death, body size, obstetrics and parturition, and trunk morphology. Recent human pelves are distinct from earlier Pleistocene Homo spp. pelves because they are mediolaterally narrower in bispinous breadth, have more vertically oriented ilia, lack a well-developed iliac pillar, and have distinct pubic morphology. The pelvis of Omo I provides an opportunity to test whether the earliest modern humans had the pelvic morphology characteristic of modern humans today and to shed light onto the paleobiology of the earliest humans. Here, we formally describe the preservation and morphology of the Omo I hipbone, and quantitatively and qualitatively compare the hipbone to recent humans and relevant fossil Homo. The Omo I hipbone is modern human in appearance, displaying a moderate iliac tubercle (suggesting a reduced iliac pillar) and an ilium that is not as laterally flaring as earlier Homo. Among those examined in this study, the Omo I ischium is most similar in shape to (but substantially larger than) that of recent Sudanese people. Omo I has features that suggest this skeleton belonged to a female. The stature estimates in this study were derived from multiple bones from the upper and lower part of the body, and suggest that there may be differences in the upper and lower limb proportions of the earliest modern humans compared to recent humans. The large size and robusticity of the Omo I pelvis is in agreement with other studies that have found that modern human reduction in postcranial robusticity occurred later in our evolutionary history.
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- Ashley S Hammond
- Center for Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 80204, USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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