Femur ontogeny in humans and great apes: Heterochronic implications for hominid evolution;Ontogenèse fémorale chez l'homme et les grands singes : Implications hétérochroniques pour l'évolution des hominidés

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 325, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 899-904

  Tardieu, Christine ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Femur; Fossil hominids; Heterochrony; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE;

EVOLUTION; FEMUR; HETEROCHRONY; HOMINID; ONTOGENY;

EID: 0031420535     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80191-8     Document Type: Article

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