Energetics, locomotion, and female reproduction: Implications for human evolution

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-85

  Wall Scheffler, Cara M ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cost of transport; optimal walking speed; pelvis; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COST; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WALKING;

EID: 84873313268     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145739     Document Type: Article

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