EXPLORING THE MOVEMENT HABITS OF HUMAN ANCESTORS
The long bones of the limbs of humans and their evolutionary ancestors are a good source of information about their movement patterns, foraging strategies (subsistence strategies) and interspecific differences. Indeed, long bones are both shape-distinguishable across primate species, but also show a relatively high degree of plasticity and adaptability to mechanical stresses. Therefore, throughout life, their internal structure is reshaped to always balance the mechanical and metabolic demands of the organism. The Department of Anthropology has long been involved in the study of the internal structure of the long bones of limbs of ancestral humans (e.g., Homo naledi and other hominins of southern Africa) and sub-recent human populations (e.g., the Mesolithic people of Sudan), primarily through the distribution of dense bone tissue, but also through the external morphology or structure of the trabecular bone within the articular ends.
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„Nález člověka hvězdného? V jeskyni je toho ještě mnohem víc, říká člen výzkumného týmu“ (“Finding Homo Naledi? There's more to the cave, says research team member“), DVTV Interview , 17 September 2015
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