The arboreal origins of human bipedalism

Antiquity

Volumn 88, Issue 341, 2014, Pages 906-914

  Thorpe, Susannah K S ^a   McClymont, Juliet M ^b   Crompton, Robin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84907584822     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00050778     Document Type: Review

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