Tooth scaling and evolutionary dwarfism: An investigation of allometry in human pygmies

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 117-132

  Shea, Brian T ^a   Gomez, Anne M ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Dentition; Development; Insulin like growth factor I

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN;

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DENTITION; DWARFISM; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; EVOLUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; TOOTH SIZE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CRANIOMETRY; DWARFISM; HUMAN; MOLAR; NEGROID RACE; PHILIPPINES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023724386     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330770117     Document Type: Article

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