Ecological divergence and medial cuneiform morphology in gorillas

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-184

  Tocheri, Matthew W ^a   Solhan, Christyna R ^a,b   Orr, Caley M ^a   Femiani, John ^c   Frohlich, Bruno ^a   Groves, Colin P ^d   Harcourt Smith, William E ^e,f   Richmond, Brian G ^a,b   Shoelson, Brett ^g   Jungers, William L ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^g MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D morphometrics; CT scanning; Functional morphology; Hallux; Laser scanning; Tarsals

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LASER METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; PRIMATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650911576     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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