WAS LUCY MORE HUMAN THAN HER CHILD - OBSERVATIONS ON EARLY HOMINID POSTCRANIAL SKELETONS

被引:68
作者
HARTWIGSCHERER, S
MARTIN, RD
机构
[1] Anthropologisches Institut, Museum der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich-Irchel
关键词
OH; 62; AL; 288-1; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMO-HABILIS; BIPEDALISM; BODY WEIGHT ESTIMATES; LIMB BONES; HUMAN EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1016/0047-2484(91)90094-C
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Fully adult partial skeletons attributed to Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1, "Lucy") and to Homo habilis (OH 62, "Lucy's child"), respectively, both include remains from upper and lower limbs. Relationships between various limb bone dimensions of these skeletons are compared to those of modern African apes and humans. Surprisingly, it emerges that OH 62 displays closer similarities to African apes than does AL 288-1. Yet A. afarensis, whose skeleton is dated more than 1 million years earlier, is commonly supposed to be the ancestor of Homo habilis. If OH 62, classified as Homo habilis by its discoverers, does indeed represent a stage intermediate between A. afarensis and later Homo, a revised interpretation of the course of human evolution would be necessary. © 1991.
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页码:439 / 449
页数:11
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