椎曲率是否与形形动物的运动和基板使用有关?
Nicolas Pappalardo1, Laurent Pallas1,2,3, Julian Karoui-Canedo1
1Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Evolution, Paléoécosystèmes et Paléoprimatologie (PALEVOPRIM), Université de Poitiers, CNRS, Poitiers, France.
Journal of anatomy
|December 16, 2025
概括
椎曲率在cercopithecids中揭示了与树木和陆地运动相关的独特模式. 虽然前后和中侧曲提供了洞察力,但骨形态学本身无法可靠地区分爬行为.
科学领域:
- 比较解剖学的比较解剖学.
- 灵长类动物的移动方式
- 功能形态学 功能形态学
背景情况:
- 椎曲是已知的哺乳动物运动行为指标.
- 形 (旧世界子) 呈现出多样化的四足足,使他们非常适合研究椎曲和运动.
- 与前后曲相比,中侧曲仍然没有得到充分的研究.
研究的目的:
- 综合评估现存的形形动物的形曲率 (前后侧和中侧).
- 测试曲线与习惯性基质使用 (陆地与树木) 和运动行为 (悬挂,爬) 有关的假设.
- 为了研究腰曲线的跨和内部特定的形态变异.
主要方法:
- 在23种形虫种 (167个个体) 的多样样样本中分析椎曲.
- 检查前后 (斜面) 和中侧 (冠状) 曲.
- 骨形态与已知的运动行为和基质使用的相关性.
主要成果:
- 证实了先前的发现:陆地四足动物前部凸的肘部;树木种群前部凸的肘部.
- 树木种群表现出横侧凸;陆地四足动物表现出复杂的西格形中侧曲.
- 悬浮类动物具有前方凸的肘部,与预期相反;登山者表现出中间形态,使得区分变得困难.
结论:
- 曲率区分树木和陆地运动,但适度的共变性表明不同的生物力学驱动因素.
- 陆地甲虫中的中侧曲率模式可能反映了对各种手部姿势的适应.
- 仅靠部形态是不足以可靠地推断爬行为在cercopithecids.
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