Functional morphology of the lumbar spine in hominoids

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 243, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Martelli, Sandra A ^a   Schmid, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Australopithecines; Functional morphology; Hominoids; Iordosis; Lumbar spine; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

SKELETON;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242494177     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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