Evidence that humans evolved from a knuckle-walking ancestor

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6776, 2000, Pages 382-385

  Richmond, Brian G ^a   Strait, David S ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LOCOMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; WALKING;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; RADIUS; WALKING; WRIST; WRIST JOINT;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANTHROPOIDEA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034704764     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35006045     Document Type: Article

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