Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of hominoids: Implications for the locomotion of Australopithecus afarensis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-131

  Ohman, James C ^a   Krochta, Todd J ^b   Lovejoy, C Owen ^c,d,e   Mensforth, Robert P ^f   Latimer, Bruce ^c,d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LumenX Company   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Functional morphology; Hominid locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; GORILLA; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR NECK; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030886238     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199709)104:1<117::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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