Rook L, Bondioli L, Köhler M, Moyà-Solà S, Macchiarelli R
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra and Museo di Storia Naturale (Sezione Geologia e Paleontologia), Università di Firenze, via G. La Pira, 4-50121 Firenze, Italy.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jul 20;96(15):8795-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8795.
Textural properties and functional morphology of the hip bone cancellous network of Oreopithecus bambolii, a 9- to 7-million-year-old Late Miocene hominoid from Italy, provide insights into the postural and locomotor behavior of this fossil ape. Digital image processing of calibrated hip bone radiographs reveals the occurrence of trabecular features, which, in humans and fossil hominids, are related to vertical support of the body weight, i.e., to bipedality.
来自意大利的距今900万至700万年前中新世晚期的类人猿巴氏奥氏猴髋骨松质网络的纹理特性和功能形态,为了解这种化石猿的姿势和运动行为提供了线索。对校准后的髋骨X光片进行数字图像处理,揭示了小梁特征的存在,而在人类和化石原始人类中,这些特征与身体重量的垂直支撑有关,即与两足行走有关。