Positional behavior and vertebral morphology in atelines and cebines

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-354

  Johnson, Steig E ^a   Shapiro, Liza J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Lumbar; Platyrrhine; Posture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CEBIDAE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HOMINID; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEBIDAE; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; SPINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031909203     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199803)105:3<333::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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