Shape of the piriform aperture in Gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and modern Homo sapiens: Characterization and polymorphism analysis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-310

  Schmittbuhl, Matthieu ^a   Le Minor, Jean Marie ^b   Allenbach, Bernard ^b   Schaaf, André ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Face; Fourier analysis; Hominoids; Piriform aperture

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GORILLA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PYRIFORM CORTEX;

ANIMALS; FACE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031843377     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199807)106:3<297::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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