Further data about venous channels in South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 423-447

  Braga, José ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^b  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Australopithecus africanus; Early Homo; Encephalization; Gorilla gorilla; Hemodynamics; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Paranthropus; Venous channels; Volume flow

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PAN (APE); PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS; PARANTHROPUS; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; TROGLODYTES;

ENCEPHALIZATION; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; VENOUS CHANNEL;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHILD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MASTOID; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PALEONTOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD VESSELS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MASTOID; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PALEONTOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031252175     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0135     Document Type: Article

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