Body size and body shape in early hominins - implications of the Gona Pelvis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-178

  Ruff, Christopher ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Body mass; Ecogeographic variation; Hominin; Homo erectus; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; BONE; DIMORPHISM; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMO ERECTUS; ORRORIN; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 74449087845     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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