Middle cranial fossa anatomy and the origin of modern humans

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-140

  Bastir, Markus ^a   Rosas, Antonio ^a   Lieberman, Daniel E ^b   O'Higgins, Paul ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstructions; Geometric morphometrics; Human evolution; Lateral cranial base; Sphenoid; Temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 41949133442     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20636     Document Type: Article

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