A technique for establishing the identity of 'isolated' fossil hominin limb bones

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-72

  Wood, Bernard ^a   Aiello, Leslie ^b   Wood, Christopher ^c   Key, Cathy ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australopithecus afarensis; Laser scanning; Talocrural joint shape; Taxonomic affinity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TALUS; TAXONOMY; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0031655826     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1998.19310061.x     Document Type: Article

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