Maximum walking speed and lower limb length in hominids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-525

  Webb, David ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Femur Length; Gravity; Hominid evolution; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOSSILS; GRAVITATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0030472354     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199612)101:4<515::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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