Mechanisms for the acquisition of habitual bipedality: Are there biomechanical reasons for the acquisition of upright bipedal posture?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 363-384

  Preuschoft, Holger ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics of arboreality; Biomechanics of walking; Human evolution; Selective pressure; Trunk shape

Indexed keywords

APE; ARM MOVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY BUILD; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMBING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOT; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAIT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GRAVITY; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HAND GRIP; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOCOMOTION; MASTICATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB; SKULL; STANDING; THERMOREGULATION; THORAX; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO ERGASTER; HYLOBATIDAE;

EID: 2942740802     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00303.x     Document Type: Review

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