Morphology and function of the lumbar spine of the Kebara 2 Neandertal

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-557

  Been, Ella ^a   Peleg, Smadar ^a   Marom, Assaf ^a   Barash, Alon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hominid; Vertebral spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; VERTEBRA BODY; WALKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; FOSSIL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 77954488912     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21256     Document Type: Article

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