The crescent of foramina in Australopithecus afarensis and other early hominids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-99

  Rak, Yoel ^a,b   Kimbel, William H ^b   Johanson, Donald C ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Foramen rotundum; Hadar; Sphenoid bone; Superior orbital fissure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; APE; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; HOMINID; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SPHENOID;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0029813360     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199609)101:1<93::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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