Placement of the diaphragmatic vertebra in catarrhines: Implications for the evolution of dorsostability in hominoids and bipedalism in hominins

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-122

  Williams, Scott A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Homo; lumbar lordosis; upright posture; vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYLOBATES; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; RIB; TRUNK; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATARRHINI; FOSSILS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTURE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84863416251     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22049     Document Type: Article

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