Morphological variation in great ape and modern human mandibles

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 491-513

  Humphrey, L T ^a   Dean, M C ^b   Stringer, C B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hominoids; Mandible; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; GORILLA; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE;

EID: 0033407066     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005567     Document Type: Article

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