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Lucy's Flat Feet: The Relationship between the Ankle and Rearfoot Arching in Early Hominins
BACKGROUND: In the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, propulsive lever. Central to this transition was the development of the longitudinal arch, a structure that helps store elastic energy and stiffen the foot during bipedal locomotion. Direct evidence f...
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Public Library of Science
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010983/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21203433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014432 |