Surprising trunk rotational capabilities in chimpanzees and implications for bipedal walking proficiency in early hominins

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Thompson, Nathan E ^a   Demes, Brigitte ^a   O'Neill, Matthew C ^b   Holowka, Nicholas B ^a   Larson, Susan G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPEDAL WALKING; BODY MOVEMENT; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; FOSSIL HOMININ; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PELVIC ROTATION; PELVIS; RANGE OF MOTION; THORACIC ROTATION; THORAX; TRUNK; WALKING; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HOMINID; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

HOMINIDAE; PAN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PELVIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINE; THORAX; TORSO; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943339778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9416     Document Type: Article

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