A comparative study of frontal bone morphology among Pleistocene hominin fossil groups

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 786-804

  Athreya, Sheela ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptical Fourier analysis; Multinomial logistic regression; Pleistocene Homo; Supraorbital torus; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CRANIA; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 70449710749     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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