Upright human gait did not provide a major mechanical challenge for our ancestors

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Maus, H M ^a   Lipfert, S W ^a   Gross, M ^a   Rummel, J ^a   Seyfarth, A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; WALKING; ANIMAL; DOG; HOMINID; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84859902490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1073     Document Type: Article

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