Froude number corrections in anthropological studies

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Steudel Numbers, Karen ^a   Weaver, Timothy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energetics; Limb length; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; GAIT; HUMAN; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MASS; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WALKING;

EID: 33747585386     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20404     Document Type: Article

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