Patterns of sexual dimorphism in the hominoid distal humerus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-399

  Lague, Michael R ^a   Jungers, William L ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow joint; Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis; Hominoids; Shape dimorphism; Size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BONE; PRIMATE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PAN (APE); PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033120290     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0274     Document Type: Article

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