A natural history of human tree climbing

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-118

  Kraft, Thomas S ^a   Venkataraman, Vivek V ^a   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Hominin; Human evolution; Hunter gatherer

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; WALKING;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TREE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TREES;

EID: 84902158925     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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