Brief communication: Paleobiological inferences on the locomotor repertoire of extinct hominoids based on femoral neck cortical thickness: The fossil great ape hispanopithecus laietanus as a test-case study

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-148

  Pina, Marta ^a   Alba, David M ^a   Almécija, Sergio ^a,b   Fortuny, Josep ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical bone; femur; fossil primates; locomotion; Miocene apes

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR NECK; FOSSIL HOMININ; FOSSIL HOMINOID; HISPANOPITHECUS LAIETANUS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; TAXON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865230775     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22109     Document Type: Article

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