Comparison of inverse-dynamics musculo-skeletal models of AL 288-1 Australopithecus afarensis and KNM-WT 15000 Homo ergaster to modern humans, with implications for the evolution of bipedalism

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 453-478

  Wang, Weijie ^a,b   Crompton, Robin H ^a   Carey, Tanya S ^c   Günther, Michael M ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Savage, Russell ^a   Sellers, Williams I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Warkwickshire College   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early hominid; Evolution of bipedalism; Force; Musculoskeletal modelling; Power

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMINID;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 10244235307     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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