Patterns of mandibular variation in Pan and Gorilla and implications for African ape taxonomy

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 529-561

  Taylor, Andrea B ^a   Groves, Colin P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN; PAN (APE); PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANISCUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0037930529     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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