Publication Date

1936

Abstract

Of the human bones which have been studied for racial and functional variations, the calcaneous has received but a paltry stint of attention. As the largest bone of the foot, it is likely to be preserved in a burial and as the most important bone of the tarsus, it offers significant variations, apparently of functional and racial significance. Hrdlička, in his Smithsonian papers, has published more than any other one American physical anthropologist on this bone and has essayed to call attention to its value for further study. Hooton has recently turned his attention to the problem, and Morton, in his most recent book, offers detailed comparisons of the human foot with the feet of the lower primates and suggetes that the human foot is an ape foot re-made to serve the functions of man’s bipedal locomotion.

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Anthropology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Anthropology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Donald Dilworth Brand

Second Committee Member

Mamie Tanquist Miller

Third Committee Member

Fred W. Allen

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