The advantage of standing up to fight and the evolution of habitual bipedalism in hominins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Carrier, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FIGHTING; FORCE; FORELIMB; HABITUAL BIPEDALISM; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL SELECTION; STANDING; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; PHYSIOLOGY;

HOMINIDAE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE;

EID: 79956196594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019630     Document Type: Article

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