Relative joint size and hominoid locomotor adaptations with implications for the evolution of hominid bipedalism

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 247-265

  Jungers, William L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; hominoids; human evolution; joint size; locomotion; scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549120470     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2484(88)90056-5     Document Type: Article

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