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DUPLIQUER SYMETRIE [1 record]

Record 1 1992-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[to] reconstruct by symmetry, using the spine as axis.

CONT

This dental-plaster re-creation was articulated by Dr. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State Univ. and his students. Starting with casts of the original fossils they mirror-imaged the bones to supply some missing parts. (Lucy's reconstruction).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie

Spanish

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