Ontogeny of the knee joint in humans, great apes and fossil hominids: Pelvi-femoral relationships during postnatal growth in humans

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 68-81

  Tardieu, Christine ^a   Preuschoft, Holger ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Diaphysis; Epiphysis; Femur; Human palaeontology; Knee joint; Postcrania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMUR; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; KNEE; PALEONTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0344246808     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157186     Document Type: Article

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