The Homo floresiensis cranium (LB1): Size, scaling, and early Homo affinities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4650-4655

  Gordon, Adam D ^a   Nevell, Lisa ^a   Wood, Bernard ^a  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Hominin phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; ADULT; ANIMAL; CEPHALOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMINID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

CRANIA; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO HABILIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 42449089431     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710041105     Document Type: Article

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