Geometric morphometric analyses of hominid proximal femora: Taxonomic and phylogenetic considerations

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-15

  Holliday, T W ^a   Hutchinson, Vance T ^a   Morrow, Melissa M B ^b   Livesay, Glen A ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FOSSILS; GORILLA GORILLA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77950520838     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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