Early hominin limb proportions

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 529-548

  Richmond, Brian G ^a   Aiello, Leslie C ^b   Wood, Bernard A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Homo; Human evolution; Limb proportions; Paleoanthropology; Postcrania

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIMB; SKELETON;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0036801983     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(02)90594-4     Document Type: Article

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