A geometric morphometric assessment of hominoid crania: Conservative African apes and their liberal implications

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 429-433

  McNulty, Kieran P ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cranial morphology; Hominoids; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLOMETRY; APE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GENUS; GEOMETRY; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CRANIA; HAPLORHINI; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; HYLOBATES; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 11244258319     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80077-3     Document Type: Article

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