Long bone structural analyses and the reconstruction of past mobility: A historical review

Reconstructing Mobility: Environmental, Behavioral, and Morphological Determinants

Volumn 9781489974600, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-29

  Ruff, Christopher B ^a   Larsen, Clark Spencer ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Body shape; Body size; Long bone; Mobility; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929880293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-7460-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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