Browsing by Subject "Anthropometry"
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Darwinius masillae is a strepsirrhine--a reply to Franzen et al. (2009).
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Energy recovery in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
(Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 2014-06)OBJECTIVE: Pathological gaits have been shown to limit transfer between potential (PE) and kinetic (KE) energy during walking, which can increase locomotor costs. The purpose of this study was to examine whether energy exchange ... -
Hip extensor mechanics and the evolution of walking and climbing capabilities in humans, apes, and fossil hominins.
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018-04-02)The evolutionary emergence of humans' remarkably economical walking gait remains a focus of research and debate, but experimentally validated approaches linking locomotor capability to postcranial anatomy are limited. In ... -
Morphometric panel regression equations for predicting body mass in immature humans.
(American journal of physical anthropology, 2018-05)OBJECTIVES:Predicting body mass is a frequent objective of several anthropological subdisciplines, but there are few published methods for predicting body mass in immature humans. Because most reference samples are composed ... -
Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia.
(PLoS One, 2008-03-12)UNLABELLED: Newly discovered fossil assemblages of small bodied Homo sapiens from Palau, Micronesia possess characters thought to be taxonomically primitive for the genus Homo. BACKGROUND: Recent surface collection and test ... -
The Prevalence and Social Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Implications for Infant Growth in Rural Haiti: A Mixed-Methods Study
(2015)Background: While exclusive breastfeeding is known to protect against infant morbidity and mortality, its effects on growth are not well understood. This study aimed to identify individual and household characteristics associated ...
