Symphyseal shape variation in extant and fossil hominoids, and the symphysis of Australopithecus bahrelghazali

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-47

  Guy, Franck ^a   Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso ^b   Likius, Andossa ^b   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Schmittbuhl, Matthieu ^c   Brunet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Australopithecus afarensis; Elliptic Fourier coefficients; Gorilla; Pan; Pongo; Symphysis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; SHAPE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PONGO;

EID: 44649160759     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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