Midfoot flexibility, fossil footprints, and sasquatch steps: New perspectives on the evolution of bipedalism

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-79

  Meldrum, D Jeffrey ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Hominoid bipedalism; Human evolution; Sasquatch

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); RESEARCH;

BIPEDALISM; FOOTPRINTS; FOSSIL FOOTPRINTS; HOMINOID BIPEDALISM; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MIDFOOT FLEXIBILITY; SASQUATCH STEPS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EID: 1842585836     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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