A new morphometric analysis of the hominid pelvic bone

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-365

  Marchal, François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Hominids; Human evolution; Morphometrics; Pelvic bone; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BONE; MORPHOMETRY;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0034028456     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0360     Document Type: Article

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