Locomotor decoupling and the origin of hominin bipedalism

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 581-590

  Sylvester, Adam D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Key innovation; Primate behavior; Shoulder; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIPEDALISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIPEDALISM; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; SHOULDER;

PRIMATES;

EID: 33747877012     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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