Postcranial evidence of cold adaptation in European Neandertals

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-258

  Holliday, Trenton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body proportions; Ecogeographical patterning; Limb length; Size and shape

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRUNK;

EID: 0030688020     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199710)104:2<245::aid-ajpa10>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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