The ontogeny of cranial base angulation in humans and chimpanzees and its implications for reconstructing pharyngeal dimensions

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-517

  Lieberman, Daniel E ^a   McCarthy, Robert C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Extension; Flexion; Homo; Pan; Pharynx; Vocal tract

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0033136263     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0287     Document Type: Article

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