Landmark-based shape analysis of the archaic Homo calvarium from Ceprano (Italy)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-366

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Manzi, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Europe; Geometric morphometrics; Homo; Human evolution

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FRONTAL BONE; GEOMETRY; HOMINID; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO ERGASTER; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO RHODESIENSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; ITALY; SKULL;

EID: 33847037058     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20545     Document Type: Article

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