Paleontological approach to the evolution of hominid bipedalism: The evidence revisited

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 243, 2003, Pages 125-134

  Senut, Brigitte ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Hominoidea; Locomotion; Miocene

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; PALEONTOLOGY;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; DRYOPITHECUS; EQUATORIUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; KENYAPITHECUS; PROCONSUL; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242494143     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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