Intrapopulational body size variation and cranial capacity variation in Middle Pleistocene humans: The Sima de los Huesos sample (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-33

  Lorenzo, Carlos ^a   Carretero, José Miguel ^b   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a   Gracia, Ana ^a   Martínez, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Bootstrapping; Cranial capacity; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; PATELLA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREDICTION; RADIUS; SCAPULA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SPAIN; TALUS; TIBIA; ULNA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SKULL;

EID: 0031977488     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199805)106:1<19::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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