Quantifying trabecular orientation in the pelvic cancellous bone of modern humans, chimpanzees, and the Kebara 2 Neanderthal

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 647-661

  Martinón Torres, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FORCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAIT; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; ILIAC BONE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PELVIC BONES;

HOMINOIDEA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 20244387659     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10197     Document Type: Article

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