Morphological integration and the interpretation of fossil hominin diversity

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Covariation; Hominoid; Mahalanobis distance; Neanderthals; Variation

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 69849090455     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-009-9050-2     Document Type: Article

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