The postural feeding hypothesis: An ecological model for the evolution of bipedalism

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-90

  Hunt, Kevin D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EVOLUTION; POSTURAL FEEDING HYPOTHESIS;

PAN TROGLODYTES;

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