Variation and characteristics of the cranial vault thickness in the Krapina and Western European Neandertals

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-377

  Balzeau, Antoine ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cranial vault thickness; CT; Krapina; Neandertals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE THICKNESS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; WESTERN EUROPE;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 34948908562     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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