A reconstruction of the femur of Austral
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C. Owen Lovejoy; Kingsbury G. Heiple
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Article
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1970
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Up to the present, no complete femur of Avstralopitkecus has been discovered. Several proximal and distal femoral fragments are available and a fairly complete pelvis. Using this material and the biomechanical requirements of the femur implicit in an erect biped, we have calculated the bicondylar le