A multivariate analysis of Pleistocene hominids: Testing hypotheses of European origins

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 449-468

  Turbon D ^a   Perez Perez A ^a   Stringer, C B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; European origins; Factor analysis; Fossil classification; Neanderthals

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN ORIGIN; HOMINID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FACE; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; FACE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0031147892     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0119     Document Type: Article

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