The Cervical Vertebrae of KSD-VP-1/1

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789401774277, 2016, Pages 63-111

  Meyer, Marc R ^a  

^a Chaffey College   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Cervical vertebrae; Functional anatomy; Lordosis; Posture; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015422885     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7429-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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