Metacarpal trabecular architecture variation in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for locomotion and tool-use?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-225

  Lazenby, Richard A ^a   Skinner, Matthew M ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^b   Boesch, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

knuckle walking; metacarpal trabecular architecture; microcomputed tomography; nut cracking; Pan troglodytes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAMEROON; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; LOCOMOTION; METACARPAL BONE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUMETRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; NUTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651483664     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21390     Document Type: Article

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