Lumbar lordosis of extinct hominins

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-77

  Been, Ella ^a   Gõmez Olivencia, Asier ^b,c   Kramer, Patricia A ^d,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; fossil H. sapiens; Neandertal; posture; spine

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FOSSIL HOMININ; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; LORDOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LEMUR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MACACA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAIMIRI;

EID: 83655163722     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21633     Document Type: Article

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