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Bipedal Anatomy

Bipedal Anatomy is a specialized morphological framework within primate anatomy that characterizes the structural adaptations of the skeletal, muscular, and locomotor systems enabling habitual upright locomotion on two limbs.

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439

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256

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2017–2026

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Publications

161

Implications of early hominid labyrinthine morphology for evolution of human bipedal locomotion

Fred Spoor, Bernard Wood, Frans W. Zonneveld · Nature · 1994 · 292 citations

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Fetal load and the evolution of lumbar lordosis in bipedal hominins

Katherine K. Whitcome, Liza J. Shapiro, Daniel E. Lieberman · Nature · 2007 · 290 citations · Full text

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The evolution of human bipedality: ecology and functional morphology

Kevin D. Hunt · Journal of Human Evolution · 1994 · 289 citations

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Sterkfontein Member 2 Foot Bones of the Oldest South African Hominid

Ronald J. Clarke, Phillip V. Tobias · Science · 1995 · 281 citations

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Primate morphophysiology, locomotor analyses and human bipedalism

Mary Ellen Morbeck · International Journal of Primatology · 1986 · 280 citations

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Authors

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  1. JM
    Jeremy M. DeSilva

    Boston University, United States

    5 publications · 550 citations

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  2. CO
    C. Owen Lovejoy

    Kent State University, United States

    5 publications · 532 citations

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  3. KJ
    Kristian J. Carlson

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    5 publications · 436 citations

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  4. RH
    Robin H. Crompton

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 355 citations

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  5. WL
    William L. Jungers

    Stony Brook University, United States

    3 publications · 278 citations

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Institutions

256

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    829 citations

  5. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1K citations

  7. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    232 citations

  8. Cleveland Museum of Natural History

    Cleveland, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

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  1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    24 publications · 1.7K citations

    21

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  2. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 22 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 266 citations

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  4. The Anatomical Record

    7 publications · 301 citations

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  5. Science

    6 publications · 968 citations

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