Assessing mandibular shape variation within Gigantopithecus using a geometric morphometric approach

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-212

  Miller, Steven F ^a   White, Jessica L ^b   Ciochon, Russell L ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cluster analysis; Diet; G. blacki; G. giganteus; Relative warps analysis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLADISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL HOMINID; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; GIGANTOPITHECUS; HOMINID; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52149092721     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20856     Document Type: Article

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