Confocal scanning optical microscopy of a 3-million-year-old australopithecus afarensis femur

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Bromage, T G ^a   Goldman, H M ^b   McFarlin, S C ^c   Ochoa, A Perez ^d   Boyde, A ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lasalle University   (Spain)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australopithecus afarensis; Collagen fiber orientation; Confocal microscopy; Early hominid; Osteocyte lacunae

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; BIPEDALISM; BODY SIZES; BONE CELLS; BONE TISSUES; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHTS; COLLAGEN FIBER ORIENTATION; CONFOCAL SCANNING; CROSS SECTIONS; EARLY HOMINID; HARD TISSUES; HUMAN FOSSILS; LIFE HISTORY; NONCONTACT; NONDESTRUCTIVE IMAGING; OSTEOCYTE LACUNAE;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COLLAGEN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SCANNING;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; BODY SIZE; BONE CELL; BONE DENSITY; BONE TISSUE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FEMUR; FEMUR SHAFT; FOSSIL HOMINID; FOSSIL HUMAN; HUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; PORTABLE CONFOCAL SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 60849133318     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20139     Document Type: Article

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