Lateral sequence walking in infant Papio cynocephalus: Implications for the evolution of diagonal sequence walking in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-213

  Shapiro, Liza J ^a   Raichlen, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Footfall sequence; Gait; Locomotion; Primates; Quadrupedalism

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAIT; MALE; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PRIMATES; WALKING;

EID: 12444268328     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20049     Document Type: Article

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