Temporal trends and metric variation in the mandibles and dentition of Australopithecus afarensis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-55

  Lockwood, Charles A ^a,b   Kimbel, William H ^a,b   Johanson, Donald C ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagenesis; Australopithecus; Hadar; Hominids; Laetoli; Stasis; Variation

Indexed keywords

PLIOCENE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0033929789     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0401     Document Type: Article

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