Swift and Sure-footed on the Savanna: A Study of Hadzabe Gaits and Feet in Northern Tanzania

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-321

  Musiba, Charles M ^a   Tuttle, Russell H ^a   Hallgrímsson, Benedikt ^b   Webb, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APUS APUS; HOMINIDAE; VALGUS;

EID: 1542784207     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1997)9:3<303::AID-AJHB4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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