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Many of the derived features of the human skeleton can be divided into two adaptive suites: traits related to bipedalism and traits related to encephalization. The cervical spine connects these adaptive suites and is itself unique in its marked lordosis. I approach human cervical evolution from three directions: the functional significance of cervical curvature, the identification of cervical lordosis in osteological material, and the representation of the cervical spine in the hominin fossil record.
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- The Evolution of Human Cervical Lordosis
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- Fatica, Lawrence Martin (Author)
- Kimbel, William (Thesis director)
- Reed, Kaye (Committee member)
- Schwartz, Gary (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change (Contributor)
- School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
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2014-05
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