Relative position and extent of the nasal and orbital openings in gorilla, pan and the human species from the study of their areas and centres of area

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 182-192

  Schmittbuhl, M ^a   Le Minor, J M ^a   Schaaf, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Face; Hominoid; Image analysis; Skull

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANTHROPOIDEA; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO SAPIENS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 34547649766     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157221     Document Type: Article

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