Femoral diaphyseal shape and mobility: An ontogenetic perspective

Reconstructing Mobility: Environmental, Behavioral, and Morphological Determinants

Volumn 9781489974600, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-208

  Cowgill, Libby W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Body proportions; Femur; Growth; Mobility; Robusticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929882222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-7460-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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