A geometric morphometric study of regional differences in the ontogeny of the modern human facial skeleton

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-229

  Vioarsdóttir, Una Strand ^a   O'Higgins, Paul ^b   Stringer, Chris ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric vectors; Craniofacial variation; Facial ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; FACE; FACE GROWTH; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FOSSIL; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLASTICITY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 0036737886     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2002.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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