The evolution of bipedalism in hominids and reduced group size in chimpanzees: Alternative responses to decreasing resource availability

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 389-397

  Isbell, Lynne A ^a,c   Young, Truman P ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Chimpanzees; Contest competition; Fission fusion; Gorillas; Group size; Hominid evolution; Scramble competition; Social organization

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

BIPEDALISM; EVOLUTION; GROUP SIZE; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0030455915     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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