Brief Communication: Lumbar lordosis in extinct hominins: Implications of the pelvic incidence

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-314

  Been, Ella ^a,b   Gõmez Olivencia, Asier ^c,d   Kramer, Patricia A ^e,f  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus sediba; H. erectus; Neandertal; posture; spine

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; APE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXTINCT SPECIES; FOSSIL HUMAN; GORILLA; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYLOBATES; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PELVIC INCIDENCE; PELVIS; SACRUM; VERTEBRA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY POSTURE; HOMINID; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PELVIS; POSTURE;

EID: 84900499616     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22507     Document Type: Article

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