Cross-sectional morphology of the femoral neck of wild chimpanzees

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-238

  Matsumura, Akiyoshi ^a   Gunji, Harumoto ^b   Takahashi, Yutaka ^a   Nishida, Toshisada ^c   Okada, Morihiko ^d  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipedal walking; Cortical thickness; Early hominids; Humans; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIPEDALISM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK; TOMOGRAPHY; WILD POPULATION;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES;

EID: 77951764648     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9403-9     Document Type: Article

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