2025-2029
Project
LoChoSim
Locomotion of fossil hominines using
musculoskeletal simulation
of the forelimbs
Responsable
Funding
The LocHoSiM research project is funded by the region Nouvelle Aquitaine, 2020-2025 (december).
Aims
LOCHOSIM aims at: i) developing the first model of the forelimb muscle and skeleton in fossil hominins, ii) studying the biomechanics and osteology of climbing activities in humans and chimpanzees, iii) apply to newly-described fossil hominins. All these data will allow testing the stability of fossil hominines forelimbs during simulated climbing activities.
Some results
The project was initiated with Alicia Blasi-Toccacceli’s PhD project, which began on 1 October 2020.
Consortium
The research project LocHoSiM articulates with the ANR project HOMTECH and the program OGRE. It benefits from a local network composed of several members of PALEVOPRIM lab (coordination), the RoBioSS team (Institut PPrime) and the zoological park « La Vallée des Singes ».
