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Holdings: 35mm slide: 11501
Date of Photo: 1967
World Region: World
Description: Gorilla and Homo Skeletons: Comparative skeletons from a macaque monkey (not pictured- on page 82), gorilla and man illustrate the physiological progression from four-footedness through arm-swinging to two-legged walking. The monkey's arms are somewhat shorter than its legs; it can walk with its hands palm down, an impossible feat for a gorilla. On the other hand, the monkey's down-turned shoulder sockets prohibit brachiation in the true sense of
Image Categories: Fauna: Skeletal element(s); Fauna: Species/sex/age determination; Fossil hominids/ Physical Anthropology: Modern humans; Fossil hominids/ Physical Anthropology: Skeletal element(s)
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "The Primates," by Sarel Eimerl and Irven DeVore; p. 83. New York: Time-Life Books, 1965.

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Full citation: "Gorilla and Homo Skeletons: Comparative skeletons from a macaque monkey (not pictured- on page 82), gorilla and man illustrate the physiological progression from four-footedness through arm-swinging to two-legged walking. The monkey's arms are somewhat shorter than its legs; it can walk with its hands palm down, an impossible feat for a gorilla. On the other hand, the monkey's down-turned shoulder sockets prohibit brachiation in the true sense of". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17320/17320. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 26, 2024.