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Muscle Attachment Areas on the Right Thighbone

Caption: During human-chimp evolution, the hip extensor muscle glutaeus maximus (GM) has "moved" from below to above a conspicuous bony crest (black arrowheads). In gorillas the GM muscle is situated below the crest, together with the vastus lateralis muscle.

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