The shoulders follow the head: Postcranial constraints on human childbirth

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 583-586

  Trevathan, Wenda ^a   Rosenberg, Karen ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; CRANIUM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034492805     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0434     Document Type: Article

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