Insular dwarfism in hippos and a model for brain size reduction in Homo floresiensis

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7243, 2009, Pages 85-88

  Weston, Eleanor M ^a   Lister, Adrian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; HOMINID; ONTOGENY; SENSORY SYSTEM; UNGULATE;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; DWARFISM; EVOLUTION; HIPPOPOTAMUS; HOMINID; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MADAGASCAR; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ASIA; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EURASIA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

HOMO FLORESIENSIS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; DWARFISM; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 65549133638     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07922     Document Type: Article

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