Acquisition of bipedalism: The Miocene hominoid record and modern analogues for bipedal protohominids

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-402

  Nakatsukasa, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipedal adaptation; Functional anatomy; Hominoids; Locomotion; Miocene

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; BODY BUILD; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CLIMBING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAIT; GRAVITY; HAND GRIP; HINDLIMB; HOMINID; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KENYA; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MIOCENE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPULA; STANDING; TAIL; TOE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MACACA; POSTURE;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PROCONSUL;

EID: 2942748043     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00290.x     Document Type: Review

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