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Fossil apes and human evolution by Almécija, Sergio, Hammond, Ashley S, Thompson, Nathan E, Pugh, Kelsey D, Moyà-Solà, Salvador, Alba, David M

“…Humans diverged from apes (chimpanzees, specifically) toward the end of the Miocene ~9.3 million to 6.5 million years ago. Understanding the origins of the…”
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In vivo baseline measurements of hip joint range of motion in suspensory and nonsuspensory anthropoids by Hammond, Ashley S.

“…Hominoids and atelines are known to use suspensory behaviors and are assumed to possess greater hip joint mobility than nonsuspensory monkeys, particularly for…”
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A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary by Ward, Carol V., Hammond, Ashley S., Plavcan, J. Michael, Begun, David R.

“…Substantial differences among the pelves of anthropoids have been central to interpretations of the selection pressures that shaped extant hominoids, yet the…”
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New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya by Hammond, Ashley S., Mavuso, Silindokuhle S., Biernat, Maryse, Braun, David R., Jinnah, Zubair, Kuo, Sharon, Melaku, Sahleselasie, Wemanya, Sylvia N., Ndiema, Emmanuel K., Patterson, David B., Uno, Kevin T., Palcu, Dan V.

“…The KNM-ER 2598 occipital is among the oldest fossils attributed to Homo erectus but questions have been raised about whether it may derive from a younger…”
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Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution by Almécija, Sergio, Tallman, Melissa, Sallam, Hesham M., Fleagle, John G., Hammond, Ashley S., Seiffert, Erik R.

“…The divergence of crown catarrhines—i.e., the split of cercopithecoids (Old World monkeys) from hominoids (apes and humans)—is a poorly understood phase in our…”
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First evolutionary insights into the human otolithic system by Smith, Christopher M., David, Romain, Almécija, Sergio, Laitman, Jeffrey T., Hammond, Ashley S.

“…The human otolithic system (utricle and saccule), housed within the bony vestibule of the inner ear, establishes our sense of balance in conjunction with the…”
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Pathways to primate hip function by Aguilar, Lucrecia K, Collins, Clint E, Ward, Carol V, Hammond, Ashley S

“…Understanding how diverse locomotor repertoires evolved in anthropoid primates is key to reconstructing the clade's evolution. Locomotor behaviour is often…”
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Large pelvic tubercle in orangutans relates to the adductor longus muscle by Shearer, Brian M, Muchlinski, Magdalena, Hammond, Ashley S

“…Orangutan pelves commonly exhibit a large, projecting tubercle in the iliopubic region, historically assumed to homologous to the pubic tubercle in humans…”
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Ancient bones by Hammond, Ashley S.

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Portable x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy geochemical sourcing of Miocene primate fossils from Kenya by Foecke, Kimberly K., Hammond, Ashley S., Kelley, Jay

“…Understanding the biogeography and evolution of Miocene catarrhines relies on accurate specimen provenience. It has long been speculated that some catarrhine…”
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The effect of unerupted permanent tooth crowns on the distribution of masticatory stress in children by Hammond, Ashley S, Dumont, Elizabeth R, McCarthy, Robert C

“…Human mothers wean their children from breast milk at an earlier developmental stage than do ape mothers, resulting in human children chewing solid and…”
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The taxonomic attribution of African hominin postcrania from the Miocene through the Pleistocene: Associations and assumptions by Grine, Frederick E., Mongle, Carrie S., Fleagle, John G., Hammond, Ashley S.

“…Postcranial bones may provide valuable information about fossil taxa relating to their locomotor habits, manipulative abilities and body sizes. Distinctive…”
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Lower Ilium Evolution in Apes and Hominins by Hammond, Ashley S., Almécija, Sergio

“…ABSTRACT Elucidating the pelvic morphology of the Pan‐Homo last common ancestor (LCA) is crucial for understanding ape and human evolution. The pelvis of…”
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Insights into the lower torso in late Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii by Hammond, Ashley S., Rook, Lorenzo, Anaya, Alisha D., Cioppi, Elisabetta, Costeur, Loïc, Moyà-Solà, Salvador, Almécija, Sergio

“…Oreopithecus bambolii (8.3–6.7 million years old) is the latest known hominoid from Europe, dating to approximately the divergence time of the Pan-hominin…”
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Behavioral and phylogenetic correlates of limb length proportions in extant apes and monkeys: Implications for interpreting hominin fossils by Powell, Vance C.R., Barr, W. Andrew, Hammond, Ashley S., Wood, Bernard A.

“…The body proportions of extant animals help inform inferences about the behaviors of their extinct relatives, but relationships between body proportions,…”
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Postcranial evidence does not support habitual bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis: A reply to Daver et al. (2022) by Cazenave, Marine, Pina, Marta, Hammond, Ashley S., Böhme, Madelaine, Begun, David R., Spassov, Nikolai, Gazabón, Alessandra Vecino, Zanolli, Clément, Bergeret-Medina, Aude, Marchi, Damiano, Macchiarelli, Roberto, Wood, Bernard

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Hominoid anterior teeth from the late Oligocene site of Losodok, Kenya by Hammond, Ashley S., Foecke, Kimberly K., Kelley, Jay

“…Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni is a potential early hominoid species described from fragmentary dentognathic specimens from the Oligocene site of Losodok (Turkana…”
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Taxonomic attribution of the KNM-ER 1500 partial skeleton from the Burgi Member of the Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya by Ward, Carol V., Hammond, Ashley S., Grine, Frederick E., Mongle, Carrie S., Lawrence, Julie, Kimbel, William H.

“…Paranthropus boisei is well represented in the eastern African fossil record by craniodental remains, but very few postcranial fossils can be securely…”
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A validated method for modeling anthropoid hip abduction in silico by Hammond, Ashley S., Plavcan, J. Michael, Ward, Carol V.

“…ABSTRACT Objectives The ability to reconstruct hip joint mobility from femora and pelves could provide insight into the locomotion and paleobiology of fossil…”
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A partial Homo pelvis from the Early Pleistocene of Eritrea by Hammond, Ashley S., Almécija, Sergio, Libsekal, Yosief, Rook, Lorenzo, Macchiarelli, Roberto

“…Here we analyze 1.07–0.99 million-year-old pelvic remains UA 173/405 from Buia, Eritrea. Based on size metrics, UA 173/405 is likely associated with an already…”
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