Quantitative analysis of human mandibular shape using three-dimensional geometric morphometrics

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 368-383

  Nicholson, Elisabeth ^a   Harvati, Katerina ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Modern human variation; Neanderthals; Paramasticatory behavior

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ASIA; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDIBLE; PALEODONTOLOGY;

EID: 33750063463     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20425     Document Type: Article

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