Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean "Iceman"

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-101

  Ruff, Christopher B ^a   Holt, Brigitte M ^b   Sládek, Vladimir ^c   Berner, Margit ^d   Murphy Jr , William A ^e   zur Nedden, Dieter ^f   Seidler, Horst ^g   Recheis, Wolfgang ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Body mass; European prehistory; Femur; Tibia

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE; BRONZE AGE; HOMINID; MESOLITHIC; MOBILITY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYROL;

EID: 33745224123     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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