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The Foot and Ankle of Australopithecus sediba

Published:2011-09-09 Issue:6048 Volume:333 Page:1417-1420
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Zipfel Bernhard¹²,DeSilva Jeremy M.¹³,Kidd Robert S.¹⁴,Carlson Kristian J.¹⁵,Churchill Steven E.¹⁶,Berger Lee R.¹⁷

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand, Post Office Wits, 2050 Wits, South Africa.

2. Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Post Office Wits, 2050 Wits, South Africa.

3. Department of Anthropology, Boston University, 232 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

4. School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Cambelltown, New South Wales 2560, Australia.

5. Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.

6. Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Box 90383, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

7. School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Post Office Wits, 2050 Wits, South Africa.

Abstract

Australopithecus sediba had a human-like ankle and arch but an ape-like heel and tibia, implying that while bipedal, this species was also adept at climbing trees.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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