Morphology of the Homo naledi femora from Lesedi.
Christopher S WalkerZachary D CofranMark GrabowskiDamiano MarchiRebecca W CookSteven E ChurchillKimberleigh A TommyZachary ThrockmortonAnn H RossJohn HawksGabriel S YapuncichAdam P Van ArsdaleFrederika I RentzeperisLee R BergerJeremy M DeSilvaPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2019)
The Lesedi femora increase the range of variation of femoral morphology in H. naledi. Newly described features of the diaphysis and distal femur are either taxonomically uninformative or Homo-like. Overall, these three new femora are consistent with previous functional interpretations of the H. naledi lower limb as belonging to a species adapted for long distance walking and, possibly, running.