Craniofacial variation in Homo habilis: An analysis of the evidence for multiple species

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-128

  Miller, Joseph M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Homo; Hominids; Paleoanthropology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOSSIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; FACE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SKULL;

EID: 0034007945     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200005)112:1<103::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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