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Postcranial Function

Postcranial Function is a morphological construct that specifies the biomechanical and physiological roles of the skeletal and muscular systems posterior to the skull in enabling locomotion, posture, and physical interaction with the environment.

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Postcranial adaptation in nonhuman primates

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 459 citations

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Postcranial morphology of the middle Pleistocene humans from Sima de los Huesos, Spain

Juan Luís Arsuaga, José Miguel Carretero, Carlos Lorenzo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 190 citations · Full text

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Postcranial morphology and the locomotor habits of living and extinct carnivorans

Joshua X. Samuels, Julie Meachen, Stacey Akemi Sakai · Journal of Morphology · 2012 · 171 citations

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New postcranial remains of Victoriapithecus from the middle Miocene of Kenya

Terry Harrison · Journal of Human Evolution · 1989 · 170 citations

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Ape-like or hominid-like? The positional behavior of <i>Oreopithecus bambolii</i> reconsidered

Meike Köhler, Salvador Moyà‐Solà · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 162 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Kenneth D. Rose

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    5 publications · 224 citations

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  2. MA
    Michael Archer

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    5 publications · 130 citations

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  3. SJ
    Suzanne J. Hand

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 109 citations

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  4. CA
    Christine Argot

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 177 citations

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  5. LS
    Leonardo Salgado

    National University of Comahue, Argentina

    3 publications · 258 citations

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Institutions

288

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    40 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    12 h-index

    35 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    825 citations

  5. Environmental Earth Sciences

    Sydney, Australia

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    791 citations

  6. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    772 citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    356 citations

  8. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    356 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 22 publications · 865 citations

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  2. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 11 publications · 1K citations

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  3. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    11 publications · 594 citations

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  4. Journal of Morphology

    8 publications · 520 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    6 publications · 208 citations

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