Morphometric variation in plio-pleistocene hominid distal humeri

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 401-427

  Lague, Michael R ^a   Jungers, William L ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Early Homo; Hominoids; Randomization; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0029909054     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199611)101:3<401::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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