A new reconstruction of Sts 14 pelvis (Australopithecus africanus) from computed tomography and three-dimensional modeling techniques

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-272

  Berge, Christine ^a   Goularas, Dionysis ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique   (France)

Author keywords

3D digital reconstruction; Australopithecus; Bipedalism; Computed Tomography (CT); Hominid; Obstetrics; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; JOINT; MORPHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SKULL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 77149148434     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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