Body proportions in Late Pleistocene Europe and modern human origins

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 423-448

  Holliday, Trenton W ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecogeographical patterning; Limb length; Size and shape; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

BODY PROPORTIONS; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; MODERN HUMAN; PLEISTOCENE;

ARTICLE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

BONE AND BONES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

EUROPE;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0031147898     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0111     Document Type: Article

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