Variation in hominid brain size: How much is due to method?

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-19

  De Miguel Rodríguez, Carmen ^a   Henneberg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; REVIEW; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035223459     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0018-442x-00019     Document Type: Article

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