Hominid mandibular corpus shape variation and its utility for recognizing species diversity within fossil Homo

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 670-685

  Lague, Michael R ^a   Collard, Nicole J ^b   Richmond, Brian G ^c   Wood, Bernard A ^c  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Sources Archaeological and Heritage Research Inc   (Canada)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Distinctness values; Hominin; Homo; Mandible; Randomization; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOSSIL HOMINID; GENUS; GORILLA; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; PONGO;

EID: 57249084009     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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