Allometric patterns of cranial bone thickness in fossil hominids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-426

  Gauld, Suellen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus africanus; Body size; Cranial thickness; Homo erectus; Interspecific allometry

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MACACA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 0029995443     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199607)100:3<411::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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