Trabecular evidence for a human-like gait in Australopithecus africanus.
Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence whether particular species of hominins including those in the genus Australopithecus walked with relatively extended hips, knees and ankles like modern humans, or with more flexed lower limb joints lik...
Main Authors: | Meir M Barak, Daniel E Lieberman, David Raichlen, Herman Pontzer, Anna G Warrener, Jean-Jacques Hublin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3818375?pdf=render |
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