Elastic energy storage in the shoulder and the evolution of high-speed throwing in Homo

Nature

Volumn 498, Issue 7455, 2013, Pages 483-486

  Roach, Neil T ^a,b   Venkadesan, Madhusudhan ^c   Rainbow, Michael J ^d   Lieberman, Daniel E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTING;

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LIGAMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STRETCHING; TENDON;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KINETICS; ROTATION; SHOULDER; TORQUE;

HOMO ERECTUS; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 84879624014     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12267     Document Type: Article

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