Centre of gravity of the body during the ontogeny of chimpanzee bipedal walking

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 126-136

  Kimura, Tasuku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Body centre of gravity; Chimpanzee; Energy; Growth; Hindlimb; Hip joint height

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HIP; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HINDLIMB; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0010301699     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157190     Document Type: Article

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