A chimpanzee-like tibia from Sterkfontein, South Africa and its implications for the interpretation of bipedalism in Australopithecus africanus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-348

  Berger, Lee R ^a   Tobias, Phillip V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Australopithecus africanus; Sterkfontein; Tibia

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BIPEDALISM; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; TIBIA;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, STERKFONTEIN;

EID: 0030480678     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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