Ecological and evolutionary factors in dental morphological diversification among modern human populations from southern South America

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1684, 2010, Pages 1107-1112

  Bernal, Valeria ^a   Ivan Perez, S ^a   Gonzalez, Paula N ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental size and shape; Diet; Phylogenetic comparative method; Pottery; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOMINID; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 77950823835     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1823     Document Type: Article

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