An exploratory study on the combined effects of external and internal morphology on load dissipation in primate capitates: Its potential for an understanding of the positional and locomotor repertoire of early hominins

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 292-304

  Macho, Gabriele A ^a   Spears, Iain R ^b   Leakey, Meave G ^d,e   McColl, Daniel J ^b   Jiang, Yong ^f   Abel, Richard ^c   Nakatsukasa, Masato ^g   Kunimatsu, Yutaka ^g  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australopithecus afarensis; Australopithecus anamensis; Finite element stress analyses; Hominin; Primate capitates; Theropithecus oswaldi; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAPITATE BONE; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; CAPITATE BONE; HOMINIDAE; LOCOMOTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

EID: 78651403034     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322631     Document Type: Article

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