@article{08f0e1cfe6b440afa483d8373d27583f,
title = "Tail loss in Proconsul heseloni",
keywords = "Fossil catarrhines, Hominoid evolution, Kenya, Miocene, Tail",
author = "Masato Nakatsukasa and Ward, {Carol V.} and Alan Walker and Teaford, {Mark F.} and Yutaka Kunimatsu and Naomichi Ogihara",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the Office of the President of the Republic of Kenya and the directors and staff of the National Museums of Kenya for permission to carry out research in Kenya. Thanks go to Drs. Idle Farah and Emma Mbua for their assistance in transporting pQCT equipment to Kenya. We thank David Begun, Bill Kimbel, and anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on an early version of this paper. We are grateful to the Division of Osteology, National Museums of Kenya; the Department of Anatomy, Dokkyo Medical University; the Primate ResearchInstitute, Kyoto University; and the Japan Monkey Centre for access to skeletal collections under their care. This study was supported by the 21st COE Program from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (A14), and by the National Science Foundation (BNS 8418567, 8803570 and 8918400).",
year = "2004",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.04.005",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
pages = "777--784",
journal = "Journal of Human Evolution",
issn = "0047-2484",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "6",
}