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Challenges and perspectives on functional interpretations of australopith postcrania and the reconstruction of hominin locomotion

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ID5709131
AuthorsM Cazenave (0000-0001-7194-5958, American Museum of Natural History, corresponding author), T L Kivell (0000-0001-5087-0897, University of the Witwatersrand)
Year2023
Volume175
Pages103304
Publication date2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Evolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2484 • E-ISSN: 1095-8606
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103304
PMID36563461
OpenAlexW4312129480
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited349

Australopithecus · Biological evolution · Biology · Bipedalism · Evolutionary biology · Extant taxon · Gait · Hominidae · Morphology (biology) · Paleoanthropology · Action Observation and Synchronization · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology

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