The role of load-carrying in the evolution of modern body proportions

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-430

  Wang, W J ^a,b   Crompton, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bipedalism; Computer modelling; KNM WT 15000; Load carrying

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHEOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; ENERGY COST; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; LOCOMOTION; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SPECIES; STANDING; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GAIT; HUMANS; LIFTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO ERGASTER; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 2942746164     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00295.x     Document Type: Review

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