A geometric morphometric study of sexual dimorphism in the crania of indigenous southern Africans

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 229-238

  Franklin, D ^a   Freedman, L ^a   Milne, N ^a   Oxnard, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CRANIUM; ENERGY FLUX; GEOMETRY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORPHOMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CRANIA;

EID: 33751047163     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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