The Primate Cranial Base: Ontogeny, Function, and Integration

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2000, Pages 117-169

  Lieberman, Daniel E ^a,b   Ross, Callum F ^c   Ravosa, Matthew J ^d,e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basicranium; Chondrocranium; Cranial base; Humans; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000164329     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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