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Title / Titel Evolution of the Human Body Proportions
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Summary / Zusammenfassung Upper-to-lower limb proportions of Homo habilis are said to be more ape-like than in its reputed ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis. Comparisons are, however, complicated by the fragmentarity and small body size of the OH 62 specimen from Olduvai as body proportions of small-sized modern humans and chimpanzees overlap. A second partial skeleton, KNM-ER 3735 from East Turkana, Kenya, represents a larger individual, but is also fragmentary. Nevertheless, Leakey et al. (1989) found body proportions that differed significantly from modern humans, based on a single human and chimpanzee skeleton.
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Publications / Publikationen Haeusler, M. & McHenry, H. M. (2003). Limb proportions of Homo habilis reviewed. Am. J. Phys. Anthrop. Suppl. 36, 107.

Haeusler, M. & McHenry, H. M. (2004). Body proportions of Homo habilis reviewed. J. Hum. Evol. 46, 433-465

Haeusler, M. & McHenry, H. M. (2004). A multivariate analysis of the postcranium of KNM-ER 3735 (Homo habilis). Am. J. Phys. Anthrop. Suppl. 38, 105.

Haeusler M. (2005) Plio-Pleistocene hominid limb proportions: Evolutionary reversals or estimation errors? Curr. Anthrop. 46:575-588.

Haeusler M., & McHenry, H. M. (subm.) Evolutionary reversals of limb proportions in early hominids? A multivariate analysis of the postcranium of KNM-ER 3735 (Homo habilis). J. Hum. Evol.

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Keywords / Suchbegriffe Body proportions, locomotion, Homo habilis, Australopithecus afarensis
Project leadership and contacts /
Projektleitung und Kontakte
Dr. M. Haeusler (Project Leader) mfh@aim.uzh.ch
Funding source(s) /
Unterstützt durch		 Foundation
A.H. Schultz Stiftung
In collaboration with /
In Zusammenarbeit mit
Prof. H. McHenry
Department of Anthropology
University of California, Davis, CA 95616		 United States
Duration of Project / Projektdauer Dec 2002 to Dec 2007
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