Walking upright
Subtitle: results of the 13th International Senckenberg Conference at the Werner Reimers Foundation, Bad Homburg v. D. H., and at the Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, October 5-9, 1999
By: Jens Lorenz Franzen, Meike Köhler, and Salvador Moyà-Solà (eds.)
Contributors: Franzen, Jens Lorenz; Köhler, Meike; Moyà-Solà, Salvador
Series: Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg -- 243
Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. Obermiller)
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stuttgart
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Human mechanics; Congresses; Bipedalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Principles of upright walking / R.McNeill Alexander; title: The influence of three-dimensional movements of the forelimb on the shape of the thorax and its importance for erect body posture / Holger Preuschoft, ... [et al.]; title: Human bipedality: mechanical preconditions and morphological adaptations / Hartmut Witte, ... [et al.]; title: Skeletal response to bipedalism in macaques: with emphasis on cortical bone distribution of the femus / Masato Nakatsukasa and Sugio Hayama; title: Hand bone ratios and their utility in predicting general substrate use in primates / Bradley T. Watkins; title: Functional morphology of the lumbar spine in hominoids / Sandra Martelli and Peter Schmid; title: Aspects of vertical climbing in gorillas / Karin Isler; title: Bipedalism and arboreality in Asutralopithecus / Ronald J. Clarke; title: High resolution 3D-image analysis of ape, hominid and human footprints / Ottmar Kullmer, ... [et al.]; title: The semicircular canal system and locomotor behaviour, with special reference to hominin evolution / Fred Spoor; title: Throwing and bipedalism: a new look at an old idea / Holly Dunsworth, ... [et al.]; title: Understanding the enigmatic ape Oreopithecus bambolii / Meike Köhler and Salvador Moyà-Solà; title: Palaeontological approach to the evolution of hominid bipedalism: the evidence revisited / Brigitte Senut; title: The biomechanical evolution of erect bipedality / Robin H. Crompton, ... [et al.]; title: Constructions and reconstructing the evolution of human bipedal gait / Jens Lorenz Franzen.