Trabecular and cortical bone structure of the talus and distal tibia in Pan and Homo.
Zewdi J TsegaiMatthew M SkinnerAndrew H GeeDieter H PahrGraham M TreeceJean-Jacques HublinTracy L KivellPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2017)
Overall, quantified trabecular parameters represent overall differences in bone strength between the two species, however, DA may be directly related to joint loading. Cortical and trabecular bone distributions correlate with habitual joint positions adopted by each species, and thus have potential for interpreting joint position in fossil hominoids.