Brief communication: foramen magnum-carotid foramina relationship: Is it useful for species designation?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 467-471

  Schaefer, Melissa S ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardipithecus; Australopithecus ramidus; Cranium; Interspecific variation; Pan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SKULL;

EID: 0032756342     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199912)110:4<467::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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