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Form and function of the human and chimpanzee forefoot: implications for early hominin bipedalism

During bipedal walking, modern humans dorsiflex their forefoot at the metatarsophalangeal joints (MTPJs) prior to push off, which tightens the plantar soft tissues to convert the foot into a stiff propulsive lever. Particular features of metatarsal head morphology such as “dorsal doming” are thought...

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Publicat a:Sci Rep
Autors principals: Fernández, Peter J., Holowka, Nicholas B., Demes, Brigitte, Jungers, William L.
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964565/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27464580
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep30532
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