Little Foot and big thoughts - A re-evaluation of the Stw573 foot from Sterkfontein, South Africa

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-212

  Kidd, R ^a   Oxnard, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 13844256220     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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