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It is hoped that the inclusion of this evidence will facilitate critical examination through the construction of a comparative anatomical lens of ontogenetic morphology; in particular, comparing and contrasting the biomechanical modes of knucklewalking of the wrist, namely phalanges and carpals, both of which are thought to be most prevalent (and thus insightful) in gorillas and the Ar. ramidus.

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