Morphoclinal variation in the anthropoid shoulder
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 48 (4) , 539-542
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330480415
Abstract
A morphocline in the organization of the shoulder joint is demonstrated among anthropoid primates. This metrical test supports the view that hominoid distinctions are monophyletic in origin. The primates that are behaviorally and functionally convergent on hominoids are only partially convergent or are not convergent in shoulder morphology.Keywords
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