Size and shape dimorphism in great ape mandibles and implications for fossil species recognition

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-98

  Taylor, Andrea B ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil species recognition; Great apes; Mandibular variation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GORILLA; GREAT APE; HOMINID; MALE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PONGO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; MANDIBLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29244463545     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20266     Document Type: Article

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