Lingual incisor traits in modern hominoids and an assessment of their utility for fossil hominoid taxonomy

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-338

  Pilbrow, Varsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete traits; Gorilla; Hylobates; Incisor morphology; Miocene hominids; Pan; Pongo

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DENTITION; FOSSIL; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISOR; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; INCISOR; ODONTOMETRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33144467989     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20246     Document Type: Article

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