Human bipedality: Mechanical preconditions and morphological adaptations

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 243, 2003, Pages 25-33

  Witte, Hartmut ^a   Fischer, Martin S ^b   Schmidt, Manuela ^b   Gruber, Stefan ^c   Ludwig, Oliver ^d   Hackert, Rémi ^b   Schilling, Nadja ^b   Voges, Danja ^a   Hoffmann, Helge ^e   Preuschoft, Holger ^e  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bipedalism; Evolution; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALIA; HOMO SAPIENS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10744220762     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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