Cranial base evolution within the hominin clade

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-468

  Nevell, Lisa ^a   Wood, B ^a  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Evolution; Hominin

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HOMININ; GENUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MASTOID; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; SKULL BASE;

EID: 45849103888     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00875.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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