Functional insights from an exploration of the inner structure of the patella: new perspectives for the study of the hominin fossil record
This contribution is a short review of the functional significance of the patella in extant catarrhines and extinct hominins and of current functional, adaptive and evolutionary-related questions concerning the fossil hominin record. The patella plays a key functional role in the knee joint and thus...
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| Language: | English |
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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/10118 |