Geometric pattern of the hominoid hallucal tarsometatarsal complex. Quantifying the degree of hallux abduction in early hominids

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 627-633

  Berillon, Gilles ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Abduction; Bipedalism; Fossil; Geometric pattern; Grasping; Hallux; Hominoid

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0033562111     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80160-8     Document Type: Article

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