Strong postcranial size dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis: Results from two new resampling methods for multivariate data sets with missing data

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-328

  Gordon, Adam D ^a   Green, David J ^a,b   Richmond, Brian G ^a,c  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric mean; Hominin evolution; Monte Carlo methods; Resampling methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FOSSIL; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MATING; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORANG UTAN; PRIMATE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SKELETON; SKULL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39049090555     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20745     Document Type: Article

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