巴氏奥氏猴：中新世猿类中类人抓握能力的一个不太可能的例子。

Oreopithecus bambolii: an unlikely case of hominid-like grip capability in a Miocene ape.

作者信息

Susman Randall L

机构信息

Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081, USA.

出版信息

J Hum Evol. 2004 Jan;46(1):105-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.10.002.

DOI:10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.10.002

PMID:14698686

Abstract

Oreopithecus bambolii, an ape from the late Miocene of Italy, is said to possess a hand capable of a precision grip like that of humans. Relative hand length, proportions of the thumb, and morphological features of the thumb and wrist were adduced to support the idea that Oreopithecus had a hand that closely matched the pattern in Australopithecus. A reappraisal of earlier arguments and comparisons of Oreopithecus with humans, apes, and Old World monkeys, reveals that Oreopithecus had an essentially ape-like hand that emphasized ape-like power grasping over human-like precision grasping.

摘要

山猿（Oreopithecus bambolii）是一种来自意大利晚中新世的猿类，据说其手部具备类似人类的精确抓握能力。相对手长、拇指比例以及拇指和手腕的形态特征被用来支持山猿的手与南方古猿的模式紧密匹配这一观点。对早期论点的重新评估以及将山猿与人类、猿类和旧世界猴类进行比较后发现，山猿的手本质上类似猿类，强调类似猿类的强力抓握而非类似人类的精确抓握。