Erratum to: Primates DOI 10.1007/s10329-007-0064-z

We regret that the original version of this article contained an error in Fig. 5 regarding the style of the lines of the third rib. The corrected figure is shown here with the scale.

Fig. 5
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Average shapes of ribs on the transverse plane normalized by rib length in five groups of primates