The study of morphological variation in the hominid fossil record: Biology, landmarks and geometry

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-120

  O'Higgins, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial variation; Geometric morphometrics; Sexual dimorphism; Shape analysis; Talus

Indexed keywords

BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TALUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PALEONTOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; TALUS;

CRANIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033852603     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299006330     Document Type: Review

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