The ontogeny of sexual dimorphism in the facial skeleton of the African apes

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-190

  Cobb, Samuel N ^a   O'Higgins, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ontogenetic scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ONTOGENY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETON;

GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 34447104041     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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