The gait ofAustralopithecus
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- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 38 (3) , 757-779
Abstract
A biomechanical analysis of the pelvic and femoral samples available forAustralopithecusis presented. No feature of these samples was found to distinguish their gait pattern from that of modern man or to differ in the two presently recognized allomorphs ofAustralopithecus.Morphological differences betweenAustralopithecusand modern man appear to be the result of different degrees of encephalization rather than any difference in locomotor adaptation.Keywords
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