Virtual cranial reconstruction of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7034, 2005, Pages 755-759

  Zollikofer, Christoph P E ^a   Ponce De León, Marcia S ^a   Lieberman, Daniel E ^b   Guy, Franck ^b,c   Pilbeam, David ^b   Likius, Andossa ^d   Mackaye, Hassane T ^d   Vignaud, Patrick ^c   Brunet, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

CRANIUM (TM 266-01-60-1); HOMINID; MANDIBULAR FRAGMENTS; SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GORILLA; HOMINID; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHAD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

HOMINIDAE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHAD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 17144418483     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03397     Document Type: Article

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