The Maka femur and its bearing on the antiquity of human walking: applying contemporary concepts of morphogenesis to the human fossil record.

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology

• Publication date

  2002-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, History

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  DOI 10.1002/AJPA.10111PMID 12237933
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