The mechanical effectiveness of erect and 'bent-hip, bent-knee' bipedal walking in Australopithecus afarensis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-74

  Crompton, Robin Huw ^a   Yu, Li ^a   Weijie, Wang ^a   Günther, Michael ^a   Savage, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BIPEDALITY; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032124596     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0222     Document Type: Article

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