Foramen magnum position variation in Pan troglodytes, Plio-Pleistocene hominids, and recent Homo sapiens: Implications for recognizing the earliest hominids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Ahern, James C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardipithecus; Cranial base; Craniometries; Hominid origins; Sahelanthropus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARDIPITHECUS; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HOMO SAPIEN; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SAHELANTHROPUS;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20444368006     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20082     Document Type: Article

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