The relation between hand morphology and quadrupedalism in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Lemelin, Pierre ^a   Schmitt, Daniel ^b  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectaxony; Grips; Haplorhines; Mesaxony; Strepsirhines; Ulnar deviation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; HAND; HAPLORHINI; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; GAIT; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULNA; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 0031888697     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199802)105:2<185::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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