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Comparative Study
. 1985 Dec;68(4):535-8.
doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330680409.

Proximal femur articulation in Pliocene hominids

B Asfaw
Comparative Study

Proximal femur articulation in Pliocene hominids

B Asfaw. Am J Phys Anthropol. 1985 Dec.

Abstract

The supposed "nonhuman anthropoid"-type femur head articular surface described for the Pliocene hominid specimen A.L.288-1 ("Lucy") by Stern and Susman in 1983 is present in significant numbers of modern human femora. This nonmetric skeletal trait was also found to be sex-related in modern human samples examined.

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