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チャドのミオセンの後半のヒトの双脚性の後頭蓋骨証拠
G Daver1, F Guy2, H T Mackaye3
1PALEVOPRIM: Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Evolution, Paléoécosystèmes et Paléoprimatologie, Université de Poitiers, CNRS, Poitiers, France.
Nature
|August 24, 2022
まとめ
サヘラントロプス・チャデンス (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) のような 初期のヒト類は 約700万年前に 二足歩行していました 化石の股関節と足首は 樹木上での動きを 示唆しており 縦歩行と登山のバランスをとっています
科学分野:
- 古人類学
- 霊長類の進化
- 人間 の 起源
背景:
- 双脚運動はヒトの特徴です
- 初期のヒト双足の証拠は 主に頭蓋骨の形状に基づいていた.
- サヘラントロプス・チャデンス (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) は 約700万年前の生物で 頭蓋骨の証拠から 双足であることが推測されました
研究 の 目的:
- Sahelanthropus tchadensisの 運動行動に関する 骨頭後の証拠を提示する
- 双脚性に関するヒトの進化史の初期段階に関する新しい洞察を提供すること.
- 新しく発見されたS. tchadensisの 骨格構造を分析する
主な方法:
- トロス・メナラ化石地域 (TM266地域) の左股関節と2つの骨を含む化石後頭蓋骨の分析
- 骨の形態学的評価は 慣習的な運動行動を推論する.
- 樹木の適応や行動の証拠を特定するための肘の検査
主要な成果:
- S. tchadensisの股関節の形状は,通常の二足と非常に一致しています.
- S. tchadensis ulnaeは 樹木に生息していることを示唆する特徴を示しています
- 組み合わせた分析は 初期ホミニンに 混在した運動能力を示唆しています
結論:
- ヒトは700万年前から 二足の運動をしていました
- S. tchadensisを含む初期のヒト類は 習慣的な二足歩行と 重要な木登りを組み合わせた可能性が高い.
- これはヒトの進化の初期段階における 複雑な運動戦略を示しています
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