The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda

Author:

MacLatchy Laura M.12ORCID,Cote Susanne M.3ORCID,Deino Alan L.4ORCID,Kityo Robert M.5ORCID,Mugume Amon A. T.56ORCID,Rossie James B.7ORCID,Sanders William J.12,Cosman Miranda N.1ORCID,Driese Steven G.8ORCID,Fox David L.9ORCID,Freeman April J.8ORCID,Jansma Rutger J. W.10ORCID,Jenkins Kirsten E. H.11ORCID,Kinyanjui Rahab N.121314ORCID,Lukens William E.15ORCID,McNulty Kieran P.16ORCID,Novello Alice1718,Peppe Daniel J.8ORCID,Strömberg Caroline A. E.18ORCID,Uno Kevin T.19ORCID,Winkler Alisa J.2021,Kingston John D.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

2. Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

3. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada.

4. Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA.

5. Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

6. Uganda National Museum, Department of Museums and Monuments, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Kampala, Uganda.

7. Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.

8. Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.

9. Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

10. Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.

11. Department of Social Sciences, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA 98466, USA.

12. Earth Sciences Department, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.

13. Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena D-07743, Germany.

14. Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.

15. Department of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA.

16. Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

17. CEREGE, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRAE, Aix en Provence, France.

18. Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

19. Division of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA.

20. Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA.

21. Section of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

Abstract

Living hominoids are distinguished by upright torsos and versatile locomotion. It is hypothesized that these features evolved for feeding on fruit from terminal branches in forests. To investigate the evolutionary context of hominoid adaptive origins, we analyzed multiple paleoenvironmental proxies in conjunction with hominoid fossils from the Moroto II site in Uganda. The data indicate seasonally dry woodlands with the earliest evidence of abundant C 4 grasses in Africa based on a confirmed age of 21 million years ago (Ma). We demonstrate that the leaf-eating hominoid Morotopithecus consumed water-stressed vegetation, and postcrania from the site indicate ape-like locomotor adaptations. These findings suggest that the origin of hominoid locomotor versatility is associated with foraging on leaves in heterogeneous, open woodlands rather than forests.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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