Trabecular bone structure correlates with hand posture and use in hominoids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tsegai, Zewdi J ^a,c   Kivell, Tracy L ^b,c   Gross, Thomas ^d   Huynh Nguyen, N ^c   Pahr, Dieter H ^d   Smaers, Jeroen B ^a,e   Skinner, Matthew M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; HAND; HAND JOINTS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; METACARPAL BONES; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 84893636728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078781     Document Type: Article

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