Upper Hip Bone (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Upper Hip Bone

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The ilium, the largest bone in the pelvis, of the Pierolapithecus catalaunicus is wider than that of Proconsul nyanzae, a more primitive ape that lived approximately 18 million years ago.

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University of Missouri

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