Bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion in chimpanzees

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-82

  Pontzer, Herman ^a,b   Raichlen, David A ^c   Rodman, Peter S ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Energetics; Hominoid; Human evolution; Ranging ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPEDALISM; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; PRIMATE; WALKING;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; HYLOBATIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; APE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; RANGING ECOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGETICS; HOMINOID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; RANGING ECOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PAN TROGLODYTES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 84891659618     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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