Sexual dimorphism in the face of Australopithecus africanus

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-127

  Lockwood, Charles A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hominids; Hominoids; Makapansgat; Sterkfontein; Systematics; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; FACE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 0032959918     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199901)108:1<97::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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