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| | Osteometry, Variability, Biomechanics and Locomotion Pattern of the Cave Bear Limb Bones from Croatian Localities, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Cave bear, Limb bones, Rtg-osteometry, Variability, Biomechanics, Locomotion, Pleistocene, Vindija, Velika pecina, Veternica, Cerovacke pecine, Croatia |
 | | The estimated stylo- and zeugopodial bone index is lower for the cave bears from the mountainous region (Cerovacke pecine caves) than the bone index from the hilly-lowlands caves (Vindija, Velika pecina, Veternica) and indicates that limb loading depends on the body mass and palaeoenvironment. |
 | | The type of movement was similar to the locomotion of the recent brown bear but with somewhat more expressed plantigrady on the hind limbs. |
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