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HERE I present the results of the application of two multi-variate statistical techniques, a linear function and a distance statistic, in the analysis of a hominid talus bone. They provide additional objective evidence that this talus, found at East Rudolf, North Kenya, in 1971, should be included in the genus Homo. They also indicate that the morphology of the bone is compatible with early Homo having a lower limb functioning like that of modern man.
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WOOD, B. Evidence on the locomotor pattern of Homo from early Pleistocene of Kenya. Nature 251, 135–136 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251135a0
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