Primate gaits and primate origins

PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 403-435

  Cartmill, M ^a   Lemelin, P ^b   Schmitt, D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0_12     Document Type: Chapter

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