The posterior border of the sphenoid greater wing and its phylogenetic usefulness in human evolution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-399

  Braga, José ^a,c   Crubézy, Eric ^b   Elyaqtine, Mustapha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Bâtiment G ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Basicranial skeletal maturation; Foramen ovale; Foramen spinosum; Fossil hominids; Sphenosquamosal suture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYLOGENY; SPHENOID;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; SPHENOID BONE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0031649635     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199812)107:4<387::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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