A comparative study of the trabecular bony architecture of the talus in humans, non-human primates, and Australopithecus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 536-551

  DeSilva, Jeremy M ^a   Devlin, Maureen J ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Hominin; Micro computed tomography; Trabecular bone; Wolff's Law

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; PAN; PAPIO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84865557438     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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