Olduvai Hominin 8 foot pathology: A comparative study attempting a differential diagnosis

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Weiss, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857688081     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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