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SUBMITTER: Morimoto N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5792642 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morimoto Naoki N Nakatsukasa Masato M Ponce de León Marcia S MS Zollikofer Christoph P E CPE
Scientific reports 20180131 1
Inferring the morphology of the last common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas is a matter of ongoing debate. Recent findings and reassessment of fossil hominins leads to the hypothesis that the last common ancestor was not extant African ape-like. However, an African great-ape-like ancestor with knuckle walking features still remains plausible and the most parsimonious scenario. Here we address this question via an evolutionary developmental approach, comparing taxon-specific patterns ...[more]