The Foot
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 205-213 , December 2007

Shod versus unshod: The emergence of forefoot pathology in modern humans?

  • B. Zipfel

      Affiliations

    • Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa. Tel.: +27 11 717 6683; fax: +27 11 717 6694.
    • ,
  • L.R. Berger

      Affiliations

    • Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Received 20 February 2007 ,Revised 17 May 2007 ,Accepted 11 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2007.06.002

The Foot
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 205-213 , December 2007

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