Evolution of human growth spurts

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-474

  Leigh, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoid primates; Life history; Subadult growth spurt

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH REGULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MACACA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PRIMATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAIMIRI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030472894     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199612)101:4<455::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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