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A reconstruction of the femur of Australopithecus africanus

✍ Scribed by C. Owen Lovejoy; Kingsbury G. Heiple

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1970
Tongue: English
Weight: 517 KB
Volume: 32
Category: Article
ISSN: 0002-9483
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330320105

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✦ Synopsis

Up to the present, no complete femur of Avstralopitkecus has been discovered. Several proximal and distal femoral fragments are available and a fairly complete pelvis. Using this material and the biomechanical requirements of the femur implicit in an erect biped, we have calculated the bicondylar length of the femur of A . afTicanus to have been about 28 cm. This is smaller than most previous estimates and is consistent with a body size as small as 4243 inches and a weight of between 40 and 50 pounds.

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