Speed modulation in hylobatid bipedalism: A kinematic analysis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 513-526

  Vereecke, Evie E ^a,b   D'Août, Kristiaan ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gibbon; Joint angles; Kinematics; Primate locomotion; Velocity

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE;

HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATIDAE; PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33748437403     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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