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Limb Proportions

Limb Proportions is a morphological construct that quantifies the relative lengths and dimensions of appendicular skeletal segments in relation to overall body size or to each other, serving as a key indicator of locomotor adaptations, ergonomic design in humanoid robotics, and evolutionary or population-level anthropometric variation.

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Limb proportions show developmental plasticity in response to embryo movement

Andrea S. Pollard, Bethany Charlton, John R. Hutchinson et al. · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods

Nicolás E. Campione, David C. Evans · BMC Biology · 2012 · 472 citations · Full text

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The relation between maximal running speed and body mass in terrestrial mammals

Theodore Garland · Journal of Zoology · 1983 · 366 citations

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<i>Australopithecus</i> to <i>Homo</i>: Transformations in Body and Mind

Henry M. McHenry, Katherine Coffing · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2000 · 296 citations

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Does metatarsal/femur ratio predict maximal running speed in cursorial mammals?

Theodore Garland, Christine M. Janis · Journal of Zoology · 1993 · 293 citations

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Authors

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  1. SF
    Sergio F. Vizcaı́no

    Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

    5 publications · 530 citations

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  2. MS
    Martin S. Fischer

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    4 publications · 211 citations

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  3. BG
    Brian G. Richmond

    George Washington University, United States

    4 publications · 362 citations

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  4. CR
    Campbell Rolian

    University of Calgary, Canada

    4 publications · 148 citations

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  5. JT
    Jay T. Stock

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 243 citations

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Institutions

231

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    883 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    630 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    632 citations

  4. Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Jena, Germany

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    612 citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    225 citations

  6. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    164 citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

  8. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    985 citations

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  1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Zoology

    14 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Journal of Morphology

    8 publications · 309 citations

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  4. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 8 publications · 865 citations

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  5. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 7 publications · 695 citations

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