Apithecus Postcranial Specimens from Nachola, Kenya
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Twenty nine postcranial specimens of a Kenyapithecus species, discovered at Nachola during the field seasons 1984 and 1986, are described in detail. The specimens come from baboon-sized animals, with a baboon-like degree of sexual dimorphism in size. This species of Kenyapithecus was a predominantly arboreal animal, utilizing a combination of pronograde quadrupedalism and orthograde climbing and clambering activities. Postcranially it most resembles Proconsul, but it is a slightly more derived hominoid.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004