Allometry and adaptation of body proportions and stature in African pygmies

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-340

  Shea, Brian T ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Growth physiology; Microevolutionary dwarfism; Ontogenetic scaling; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DWARFISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030005338     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199607)100:3<311::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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