Optimal running speed and the evolution of hominin hunting strategies

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Steudel Numbers, Karen L ^a   Wall Scheffler, Cara M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Walking

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTING; MODELING; WALKING;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 64449083753     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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