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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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Библиографические подробности
Опубликовано в: :Sci Rep
Главные авторы: Fernández, Peter J., Holowka, Nicholas B., Demes, Brigitte, Jungers, William L.
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Online-ссылка: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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