Comparison of inverse-dynamics musculo-skeletal models of AL 288-1 Australopithecus afarensis and KNM-WT 15000 Homo ergaster to modern humans, with implications for the evolution of bipedalism

2004/10/28 by Weijie Wang, Robin H. Crompton, Tanya Suzanne Carey +8 · 2 citations
Engineering · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Anatomy #Australopithecus #Biology #Bipedalism #Evolutionary biology #Gait #Geography #Homo sapiens #Inverse dynamics #Motor Control and Adaptation #Muscle activation and electromyography studies #Physics #Physiology #Power (physics) #Primate Behavior and Ecology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.08.007

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