Right femur

3D Model

This reconstruction (CC BY-NC 4.0) is part of a complete right lower limb of Homo naledi detailed in the article ‘Long legs and small joints: the locomotor capabilities of ‘Homo naledi’ . The reconstruction was done by Tara Chapman (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Damiano Marchi (University of Pisa), with assistance and feedback given by all other members of the Homo naledi gait project (C. Walker,S. Churchill, E. Vereecke, J. DeSilva, B. Zipfel, J. Hawks, S.V.S Jan, L.B. Berger, Z. Throckmorton). Please cite this article if using the model. For further information please contact tchapman@naturalsciences.be.

Homo naledi data is courtesy of the University of the Witwatersrand.