Ontogeny and diachronic changes in sexual dimorphism in the craniofacial skeleton of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-361

  Wang, Qian ^a   Dechow, Paul C ^b   Hens, Samantha M ^c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult growth; Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis; Negative bimaturism; Primate; Skeletal maturation; Skull

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DIACHRONISM; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYO SANTIAGO; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 34548539777     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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