Webb, Christie Peter2017-05-112017-05-111990Webb, Christie Peter. (1990). Mathematical representation and analysis of articular surfaces: application to the functional anatomy and palaeo-anthropology of the ankle joint. [PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22532http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22532A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, to the Faculty of Health Science, School of Anatomical Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1990.This thesis is a study of quantifiable variation in the geometric shape of the superior articular surface of the talus of higher primates, with special reference to fossil tali of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. (Abbreviation abstract).en© 1990 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Physical anthropologyHuman evolutionFossil hominidsHuman locomotionAnkleboneUCTDMathematical modelsEvolutionAnatomyThesisUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg