Understanding hind limb weight support in chimpanzees with implications for the evolution of primate locomotion

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-402

  Raichlen, David A ^a   Pontzer, Herman ^b   Shapiro, Liza J ^c   Sockol, Michael D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Kinematics; Kinetics; Primate origins; Spandrels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 63449089350     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20952     Document Type: Article

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