Substrate Size Primate Forelimb Mechanics: Implications for Understanding the Evolution of Primate Locomotion

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1023-1036

  Schmitt, Daniel ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Evolution; Primate locomotion; Primate origins; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE; SUBSTRATE;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0344585282     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026224211797     Document Type: Article

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