Palatal thickening and facial form in Paranthropus: Examination of alternative developmental models

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-392

  McCollum, Melanie A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extant hominoids; Fossil hominids; Posterior facial hyperplasia; Subnasal morphology; Sutural mechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FACE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MASSETER MUSCLE; NOSE SEPTUM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; CRANIAL SUTURES; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NASAL BONE; PALATE; PALEONTOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030799960     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199707)103:3<375::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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