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Gallery | Homo erectus versus modern humans frontal breathing mechanics.

This great video was produced by Dr Benoit Beyer and shows a comparative view on breathing movements of the ribs of the Turkana Boy (KNM-WT 15000 "15K") and modern humans.

Published in Ecology & Evolution

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Senior Researcher, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid
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Animated breathing motion of the ribcages of the Turkana Boy (KNM-WT 15000; Homo erectus; left) and a modern human (right), both shown in frontal view. We used the same ranges of motion in both rib cages, but the shape of the ribs and vertebrae in Homo erectus produce a different kinematic pattern, with lesser rib elevation, than in modern humans. Licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0; Copyright Benoit Beyer.

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Markus Bastir
Senior Researcher, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid
Paleoanthropology, 3D Morphometrics, Human Evolutionary Anatomy

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