Beyond Gorilla and Pongo: Alternative models for evaluating variation and sexual dimorphism in fossil hominoid samples

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-264

  Scott, Jeremiah E ^a   Schrein, Caitlin M ^a   Kelley, Jay ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Dental variation; Lufengpithecus; Ouranopithecus; Sivapithecus

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSSIL HOMINOID; GORILLA; GREECE; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MIOCENE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIMATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH SIZE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECINAE; CUSPID; DENTITION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; MALE; MOLAR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; LUFENGPITHECUS; MANDRILLUS; MANDRILLUS LEUCOPHAEUS; OURANOPITHECUS; OURANOPITHECUS MACEDONIENSIS; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; SIVAPITHECUS;

EID: 70349142739     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21059     Document Type: Article

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