Variation and modalities of growth and development of the temporal bone pneumatization in Neandertals

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 546-567

  Balzeau, Antoine ^a,b   Radovčić, Jakov ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Apomorphic features; CT; Immature characteristics; Krapina; Mastoid air cell system

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; CORRELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; TAXONOMY;

ANTIRHEA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 42949105199     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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