The evolution of the spinal cord in primates: Evidence from the foramen magnum and the vertebral canal

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-138

  MacLarnon, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adapids; Locomotion; Notharctus tenebrosus; Primate evolution; Smilodectes gracilis; Spinal cord; Vertebral canal

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE EVOLUTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029729475     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0009     Document Type: Article

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