Revisiting the homoiology hypothesis: the impact of phenotypic plasticity on the reconstruction of human population history from craniometric data

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-190

  von Cramon Taubadel, Noreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanical stress; Craniometrics; Homoiology; Phenotypic plasticity; Population history

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; HOMINID; HOMOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION;

PRIMATES;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 68049109241     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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