Postural and Locomotor Adaptations of Australopithecus Species

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400759183, 2013, Pages 235-245

  Ward, Carol V ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Bipedalism; Climbing; Hominin; Homo; Postcranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955593394     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5919-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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