A quantitative and qualitative reanalysis of the endocast from the juvenile Paranthropus specimen L338y-6 from Omo, ethiopia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-406

  White, Daniel D ^a   Falk, Dean ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Occipital sinus; Parenthropus; Robust australopithecines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CRANIOMETRY; ETHIOPIA; HEMISPHERE; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINX; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SKULL;

EID: 0032703681     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199912)110:4<399::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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