The Homo sapiens 'hemibun': Its developmental pattern and the problem of homology

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 489-516

  Nowaczewska, W ^a   Kuzminski L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL;

EID: 74949083197     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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