Limb proportions and the ontogeny of quadrupedal walking in infant baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-203

  Shapiro, L J ^a   Raichlen, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Gait; Locomotion; Papio cynocephalus; Primates

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SHAPE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE;

MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33646859881     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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