Estimation of African ape body length from femur length

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-411

  Hens, Samantha M ^a   Konigsberg, Lyle W ^a   Jungers, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African ape; Body size; Regression techniques; Stature estimation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN APE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FEMUR; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; FEMUR; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032052975     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0209     Document Type: Article

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