Influence of lower limb configuration on walking cost in Late Pleistocene humans

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-32

  Hora, Martin ^a   Sladek, Vladimir ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; Locomotion; Lower limb length; Neandertal; Posture; Relative tibial length

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; POSTURE; WALKING;

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; LEG; LOCOMOTION; LOWER LIMB LENGTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEANDERTAL; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RELATIVE TIBIAL LENGTH; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER LIMB LENGTH; NEANDERTAL; POSTURE; RELATIVE TIBIAL LENGTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; LEG BONES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEANDERTHALS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893729268     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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