The upper limb of Homo naledi

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 104, Issue , 2017, Pages 155-173

  Feuerriegel, Elen M ^a,b   Green, David J ^b,c   Walker, Christopher S ^b,d,e   Schmid, Peter ^b,f   Hawks, John ^b,g   Berger, Lee R ^b   Churchill, Steven E ^b,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Hominin; Humeral torsion; Humerus; Rising Star; Scapula

Indexed keywords

BONE; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY;

GAUTENG; RISING STAR CAVE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO ERECTUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARM BONE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ARM BONES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85006275035     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.09.013     Document Type: Article

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