Pierolapithecus locomotor adaptations: A reply to Alba et al.'s comment on Deane and Begun (2008)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-154

  Deane, Andrew S ^a   Begun, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hispanopithecus; Hominoid phalanges; Locomotion; Paleobiology; Phalangeal curvature; Rudapithecus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; LOCOMOTION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

HOMINOIDEA;

EID: 77954216693     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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