Shoulder Morphology in Early Hominin Evolution

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400759183, 2013, Pages 247-261

  Larson, Susan G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Clavicle; Humeral torsion; Humerus; Scapula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878378306     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5919-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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