Knuckle walking signal in the manual digits of Pan and Gorilla

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Matarazzo, Stacey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

African apes; Ateles; Cebus; Locomotion; Macaca; Phalangeal curvature; Pongo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPRESSION; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; KNUCKLE WALKING; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE PHALANX; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PHALANX; PROXIMAL PHALANX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIDER MONKEY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; CEBUS; CERCOPITHECINAE; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; HOMINIDAE; HYLOBATES; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 37349073106     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20701     Document Type: Article

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