Skeletal age, dental age, and the maturation of KNM-WT 15000

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-120

  Smith, Shelley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent growth spurt; Development; Homo erectus; Life history

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ETHNOLOGY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; KENYA; MATURATION; MATURITY; PARAMETER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSILS; HAND; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; QUEBEC; TOOTH;

EID: 4544243066     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10376     Document Type: Article

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