Craniodental variation in Paranthropus boisei: A developmental and functional perspective

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-25

  Wood, Bernard ^a,b   Lieberman, Daniel E ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Craniodental; Paranthropus boisei; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SKULL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DENTITION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIMATES; SKULL;

EID: 0034847413     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1097     Document Type: Article

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