Heterochronic processes in human evolution: An ontogenetic analysis of the hominid pelvis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 441-459

  Berge, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Australopithecus; Gorilla; Heterochrony; Homo; Ontogeny; Pan; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GORILLA; HYPOTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PELVIS;

EID: 0031945860     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199804)105:4<441::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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