Bipedalism and human birth: The obstetrical dilemma revisited

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 161-168

  Rosenberg, Karen ^a   Trevathan, Wenda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

australopithecines; bipedalism; Birth; Homo; obstetrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944263623     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.1360040506     Document Type: Article

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