Late Pleistocene human femoral diaphyseal curvature

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-370

  Shackelford, Laura L ^a   Trinkaus, Erik ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature; Early modern humans; Femora; Mobility; Neandertals; Robusticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; OSTEOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMUR; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0036322044     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10093     Document Type: Article

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