Assessing A.L. 288-1 femur length using computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 665-671

  Sylvester, Adam D ^a   Merkl, Brandon C ^a   Mahfouz, Mohamed R ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Limb length; Lucy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; SKELETAL REMAINS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS;

EID: 51349137817     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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