Sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis was similar to that of modern humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 9404-9409

  Reno, Philip L ^a   Meindl, Richard S ^a   McCollum, Melanie A ^a,b   Lovejoy, C Owen ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; MONOGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIMULATION; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN (APE);

EID: 0041629655     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1133180100     Document Type: Article

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