Torso morphology and locomotion in Proconsul nyanzae

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 291-328

  Ward, Carol V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Catarrhine; Locomotion; Miocene; Pelvis; Proconsul; Torso; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; HIP; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; SACRUM; TRUNK;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027443814     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330920306     Document Type: Article

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