Brief communication: "Lucy" (A.L. 288-1) had five sacral vertebrae

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-303

  Russo, Gabrielle A ^a   Williams, Scott A ^b,c,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A.L. 288 1; Coccygeal vertebrae; Sacrum; Vertebral numbers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NONHUMAN; SACRUM; SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMALS; COCCYX; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS;

ANIMALS; COCCYX; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SACRUM;

EID: 84920774408     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22642     Document Type: Article

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