Neandertal capitate-metacarpal articular morphology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-233

  Niewoehner, Wes A ^a   Weaver, Anne H ^a   Trinkaus, Erik ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hands; Human paleontology; Neandertals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; WRIST;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0030971060     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199706)103:2<219::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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