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A wider pelvis does not increase locomotor cost in humans, with implications for the evolution of childbirth

Warrener AG, Lewton KL, Pontzer H, Lieberman DE. A wider pelvis does not increase locomotor cost in humans, with implications for the evolution of childbirth. PLoS One. March 2015;10(3):e0118903.

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Publication Date
March 2015

How Analyze was Used
“Pelvic dimensions, muscle moment arms and architecture of 16 muscles of the lower limb were measured using Analyze 10.0 software.”

Keywords
Female
Humans
Leg
Locomotion
Male
Parturition
Pelvis
Running
Walking

Author Affiliation(s)
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, US. (AGW, DEL)

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord St. (L 1004), Boston, MA, 02118, US. (KLL)

Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, 695 Park Ave., New York, NY, 10065, US. (HP)

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