Taxonomic and functional implications of mandibular scaling in early hominins

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-538

  Wood, Bernard ^a   Aiello, Leslie C ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australopithecines; Early Homo, Homo erectus; Hominin body mass; Mandibular scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE;

EID: 0031920590     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199804)105:4<523::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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