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3 "Paleontological"
3.1 Hominid Anomalies	This criterion assesses how well the model explains the differences in the postcranial anatomies of the earliest hominin bipeds. For example, the australopithecine pelvis is quite different from our own indicating that although it was a biped, it probably moved differently than we do. The model is judged favourably if it offers a plausible explanation for such differences. Few models attempted to address this issue in detail and most only referred to australopithecine anatomy in very broad terms.
Models ranked by this criterion	PEH s4.1.4 River Apes / Habitat Compulsion 9 s4.4.2 Arboreal "upwardly mobile" hypothesis / Habitat Compulsion 8 s3.2.1 Postural feeding hypothesis / Feeding 8 s3.1.2 Terrestrial squat feeding on the forest floor / Feeding 8 s5.5.1 Endurance Running / Locomotor efficiency 8 s4.4.3 Orang-utan-like hand assisted bipedalism / Habitat Compulsion 7 s5.1.1 Slow, long-distance walking / Locomotor efficiency 7 s1.4.1 Weapon Throwing / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 7 s4.1.2 Aquarboreal Model / Habitat Compulsion 6 s3.1.1 Seed Eating / Feeding 6 s4.1.5 Wetland USO foraging / Habitat Compulsion 5 s1.2.1 Carrying food back to gallery forest bases. / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 5 s1.2.3 Migration-carrying hypotheses / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 5 s3.4.3 General scavenging/hunting / Feeding 5 s2.2.1 Threat displays directed at other species / Behaviour 5 s1.3.1 Female driven infant carrying / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 5 s3.1.3 Other gathering / Feeding 4 s1.1.1 General freeing of the hands / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 4 s1.2.2 Carrying and scavenging / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 4 s8.1.1 Evo Devo mutation / Random Genetic Factors 4 s5.2.1 Biomechanical inevitability / Locomotor efficiency 4 s3.4.2 Specific Hunting / Feeding 4 s1.5.2 Weapon wielding / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 4 s1.2.4 Male Provisioning / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 4 s4.1.3 Amphibische Genalistheorie / Habitat Compulsion 3 s5.3.1 Efficiency of moving from tree to tree / Locomotor efficiency 3 s4.4.1 Descent from arboreal Hylobatian locomotion / Habitat Compulsion 3 s6.1.1 Thermoregulatory Hypothesis / Thermoregulation 3 s2.4.1 Sentinel behaviour / Behaviour 3 s1.5.1 Tool carriage / Forelimb pre-emption (carrying) 3 s2.6.1 Copied Gimmick Idea / Behaviour 3 s2.3.1 Intra-specific threat displays / Behaviour 3 s4.1.1 Coastal foraging / Habitat Compulsion 2 s5.4.1 Locomotor de-coupling / Locomotor efficiency 2 s9.1.1 Multi-factorial / Combination 2 s4.3.1 Variability Selection Hypothesis / Habitat Compulsion 2 s3.4.1 Stalking / Feeding 2 s3.3.1 Arboreal predation / Feeding 2 s2.5.1 Phallic Display directed at females / Behaviour 2 s2.1.1 Nuptial Gifts / Behaviour 2 s4.2.1 Walking on Snow or mud / Habitat Compulsion 0 s7.1.1 Iodine deficiency / Dietary Factors 0