Ecological correlations between neurocranial and limb bone measurements: Toward the solution of the brachycephalization problem

Anthropological Science

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-190

  Mizoguchi, Yuji ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial length; Inter group covariation; Limb bone measurements; Rank correlation coefficient; Secular change

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549008265     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.061204     Document Type: Article

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