The Jinniushan hominin pedal skeleton from the late Middle Pleistocene of China

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 389-401

  Lu, Z ^a   Meldrum, D J ^b   Huang, Y ^a   He, J ^a   Sarmiento, E E ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Human Evolution Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOOT; FOSSIL; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; FOOT; FOSSILS; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 82755197065     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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