Cranial integration in Homo: Singular warps analysis of the midsagittal plane in ontogeny and evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-187

  Bookstein, Fred L ^a,b   Gunz, Philipp ^a   Mittercker, Philipp ^a   Prossinger, Hermann ^a   Schæfer, Katrin ^a   Seidler, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial integration; Geometric morphometrics; Human ontogeny; Human phylogeny; Relative warps; Singular warps

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ONTOGENY;

CRANIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; PROCRUSTES;

EID: 0037307376     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(02)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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